it depends whether you're talking about human evil (which you can argue is a side-effect of free will or because of original sin), or 'natural evil' such as earthquakes and so on. I find it hard to think that a god who would allow/cause thousands of people to die in order to give a few the chance to be heroes is 'benevolent'.
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timeasmymeasure
Assuming you're talking about an interventionist god...
Date: 2008-08-04 10:20 am (UTC)