Mackie’s argument states that all three of the following statements can not be true and that at least one of them must be incorrect for the other two to be correct. God is omnipotent, God is wholly good, and evil exists. Let’s first define the meaning of omnipotent. Omnipotent, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is having unlimited authority or influence. So to say that God is omnipotent is to say that God

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The fact that God foretold of the great flood shows His ability to know something is going to happen before it actually does. This also shows His ability to know everything that has happened or is going to happen; therefore proving that he is in fact omnipotent. Not only did he predict that the flood was going to happen he also gave Noah the guidelines for his survival. For those who may be in doubt of the Bible there are also two different websites that will also provide evidence of Noah’s ark and the flood, the first is as follows http://www.whateveristrue.com/noahsark/floodrelic.htm , which will tell you of the archeological findings of debris from the ark and also the geological proof of the flood which was founded by explorer Robert D. Ballard on September 13, 2000. The second website, http://www.biblerevelations.org/ronwyatt/noahsark1.htm contains an article of another man by the name of Ron Wyatt whom discovered the boat shape in Mt. Ararat while looking at some aerial photographs of his country. This website also contains the photograph that he found. Let us backtrack a little to our definition of wholly good. To say that God is wholly good we said that He had totally desirable character. Looking at the evidence that showed God is omnipotent you can also see how God is wholly good. When God told Noah of the flood and told him how he could prepare for it God was showing his goodness in sparing Noah’s life. God also helped Noah by informing him of the exact measurements of the boat and also informing him of what kind of wood to build the boat with. God continued showing his goodness when the flood ended by instructing Noah when the earth was dry and when he and his family could leave the boat.

And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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