Problems With God's Perfection.

First Post. Hello.
I’ll get straight into it.I’m not saying that I do or don’t believe in God, but I thought of this argument the other day and was wondering what others thought of it and what flaws they could see in it?

1. People are individuals and have different perspectives on issues.
2. God is perfect.
3. God can do all things which are not a contradiction in terms.
4. Therefore, a perfect God would be different according to people’s different perspectives. (1,2)
5. Therefore, God cannot fulfill all people’s requirements of perfect as this would inevitably lead to contradictions. (3,4)
6. Therefore God does not exist. (2,5)

The key issue which this argument examines is Gods perfection. Perfect for who?For example: Some Christian fundamentalists would define a perfect God as one who punishes Homosexuals for eternity in hell. Others would define a perfect God as one who gives mercy to all. God cannot logically do both as this is a contradiction.Also is God perfectly forgiving? If so he must first have had to have felt to be wronged. Edited by Critical Rationalist, : No reason given.Edited by Critical Rationalist, : Is this to the forums satisfaction?Edited by Admin, : Fix list.

We're usually a bit reluctant to promote thread proposals by new members, feeling it important that they first get a feel for the place by participating in existing threads, and also giving them an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the message formatting codes.But if you're willing to fix this up a bit I'll promote it. I'd like you to do two things:

1. Change the title to something specific rather than generic, perhaps "A Contradictory God Cannot Exist", just to give you a rough idea of what I'm looking for.
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2. Please use the [list] dBCode on your list. If while editing your message you look to the left of the message box you'll see a help link for the dBCodes. You can also click on the "Peek" button below this message, which shows the text of the raw message, including how I created this list.

Please post a note when you're done editing.Edited by Admin, : Add final sentence.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

I've made the required changes is it all ship-shape? By the way this is not my first forum and I’ve looked around a bit so need not worry about me.

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