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Originally Posted by willie24
by the same logic, he must be good, because he created good. so he must be both good and evil. the statement doesn't really mean anything.
The argument is a refutation to the position that God is omnibenovelent. A God that all-good, all-loving, etc cannot be, by definition, partly-evil. I don't think you will find anyone arguing that God cannot be part good part evil. You will find theists arguing that he is all good though.
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and anyway, if i create deliciousness (in the form of a sandwich) that doesn't make me delicious. if i allow my girlfriend to curl her hair in my bathroom (and i could easily prevent her) that doesn't make me a hair-curler. you are presuming that creating/allowing evil is necessarily an evil act.
This is a strawman. If you created deliciousness, then it follows that you are not evil because deliciousness does not cause evilness. The creation of evilness, implies you are evil because it necessarily causes evilness.
Creating evil is not necessarily an evil act. If you were forced to create evil, then you are not the one who is responsible. Since God is the prime force and since he is omnipotent and has the capability not to create evil, he is ultimately responsible for evil, and is therefore (part) evil for creating evil.