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The most common brand of [[incoherency apologetics]] is the [[problem of evil]].  The argument states that if God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, then there should be no evil in the world, because God knows of the evil, could stop it, and would want to.  Therefore either God does not have one or more of the alleged attributes, or does not exist at all.  Either way, the God does not exist as believed.
 
The most common brand of [[incoherency apologetics]] is the [[problem of evil]].  The argument states that if God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, then there should be no evil in the world, because God knows of the evil, could stop it, and would want to.  Therefore either God does not have one or more of the alleged attributes, or does not exist at all.  Either way, the God does not exist as believed.
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There are two theistic responses to this argument: [[theodicy]] and [[open theism]].  Theodicy is the effort to reconcile the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence with the existence of evil in the world.  Open theism is the belief that while God exists, he is not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnibenevolent.
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There are two theistic responses to this argument: [[theodicy]] and [[open theism]].  Theodicy is the effort to reconcile the attributes of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence with the existence of evil in the world.  For example, the idea that what we perceive as evil is actually part of God's greater plan that we just don't understand.  Open theism is the belief that while God exists, he is not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnibenevolent.
    
== Materialist apologetics ==
 
== Materialist apologetics ==
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