u/disturbedtophat

I guess to clarify it doesn’t necessarily irk me in all cases. Just in circumstances where it seems unnecessary and artificially placed. Feels like a sales tactic they learned somewhere, like you’re gonna connect with someone more by saying their name

Ie “that’s good to hear, [Name]” instead of just “thats good to hear”

“How are you [Name]?” Instead of just “how are you”

Feels like an attempt at being endearing in a way that makes me suspicious

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, since it’s more of a theological question than a philosophical one.

To clarify, by “tri-omni” I refer to three characteristics traditionally ascribed to the monotheistic God- omniscience, omnipotence, and omnibenevolence. I would like to understand why so many theologians and philosophers who forward the idea of a monotheistic God seem to insist that it must fulfill this criteria. It seems to me that a lot of issues could be solved by simply granting God some degree of ignorance or incapacity.

Why does God allow suffering? Why is the universe bound by a particular set of arbitrary laws? Well, maybe God is just doing the best with what they have! The insistence that God must be utterly perfect in every conceivable way seems to cause more issues than it solves.

I would prefer to skip over explanations based in scripture or religious dogma - I want to know how serious religious philosophers address this question, and why they put forward this idea. Thanks!!