Reply #88: There is no God as popularly described

[amazona]

It is self evident that there cannot be such a being as a God who is both all-powerful and all-loving. If God is loving, it is apparent that He is not powerful enough to take care of even the most egregious problems. If God is all-powerful but simply can't be bothered to do anything about even the greatest of injustices, then He cannot be considered loving.

Some people try to let God weasel out of his obligation to act by invoking free will. To me this seems silly because
it is quite obvious to me that most people throughout human history have never enjoyed any opportunity to exercise free will. Nor do the plants and animals currently being wiped off the earth enjoy any such fabled quality as free will...

There may well be Gods with powers that we can't explain, that still fall far short of being anything like all-powerful, and some of these entities may generally be nice folks and forces for good, and others of them may generally be forces for evil. But this hodge-podge of fallable invisibles is a far cry from what the modern mind understands as God.

I think the name "God" should be retired because it creates too much confusion.