With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

I am still reading Ehrman´s book on suffering, God´s Problem. I remember so many Marvel superhero movies, and even the cartoon ¨The Incredibles¨, where the hero cannot sleep at night while hearing screams outside his or her door. As they said, ¨With great power comes great responsibility¨. 

Ehrman´s point is the same as the Greek philosopher Epicurus´ [341–270 BCE]: 

¨Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?¨ 

I could not agree more! Maybe the Deists had a good point!

Cheers,

Bjarte