Reply #24: I cannot see that he "lives" to help others... [View All]

[Oregone]

You are talking about a man that has a net wealth of around 40 million....

Much like the agnostic argument from evil....

1. If he has all the knowledge to help people (omniscience)
2. If he lives to do so, and has an absolute drive to (omnibenevolence)
3. If he has the financial and political means to do so (omnipotence)

Conclusion:

Jon Edwards would invest such a reasonable amount of his personal wealth to aid the poor, while still at least maintaining the amount neccessary to fund his lavish lifestyle. In otherwords, he could probably spend 30 million (since he has the knowledge of how to do so, the drive to, and the financial ability to) and it wouldn't be any different to him.

But, he still has not done so, and poverty he could stop still exists.

Hence, I find premise 2 (at least) to be suspect. Therefore, by contradiciton, there is no Theistic Jon Edwards. Just sayin.