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Serious question for theists: [Spirituality & Religion]

I know on this site I'm mostly known as one of those edgy atheists who make fun of religion and its followers all the time, but I do have a genuine question for the theists on this site:

How can you still believe there is an all-powerful, all-good god while looking at the world as it is?
Whenever I think about all the crazy and horrible stuff that happened and is going on the world rn I just [i]know[/i] that there cannot be a god who is omnipotent as well as omnibenevolent. It just doesn't add up.
Please don't be offended, I'm just genuinely curious.
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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@Emosaur God is not punishing us. We punish each other. You've missed the point.
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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@Emosaur Hell is for those that deny God.
@HoraceGreenley Not as I was raised.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada Not everyone gets it right.
@HoraceGreenley As I was taught there is a much larger set of things that sends one to hell than denying God. Having sex other than for procreation. Missing days of obligation at the church. Having certain social and political beliefs.
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HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada I'm sure you were told that.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@Emosaur Hell is the absence of God. If you want to deny God than have at it.
@HoraceGreenley I was actually.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada i know. It's common.
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@HoraceGreenley
[quote]Not everyone gets it right[/quote]
Is that an opinion, an interpretation, or fact?
@wilderflower He was telling me I'm an apostate. That's the translation I read.
@CopperCicada Thanks but I want to hear what he meant by it.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@Emosaur Hell is the absence of God. God has been there and may go there if He wishes.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@CopperCicada You're not an apostate.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@wilderflower Misinterpreted
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@wilderflower My interpretation
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@Emosaur But remember religion doesn’t make sense.
HoraceGreenley · 56-60, M
@Emosaur It actually does make sense.
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