God doesn't prevent terrible things because?

[Licence]

Kyuu said:

Licence said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

JWeinCom said:
A) The god in the old testament is not portrayed as being omniscient and omnipresent as people conceive him to be now. Take for instance the story of Cain and Abel. After Abel is killed God asks him what happened indicating that he did not know. There are lots of other examples that show stuff like that.

I think thats a test, not really that he didn't know. You know kind of like how your girlfriend asks you a question when she knows the answer, but she really just wants to hear you say what shes hoping you'll say. 

If God was omniscient he would not need to do a test - he would know how the test goes beforehand!

If god was omniscient, you wouldn't know how his intellect and reasoning work.

Not necessarily true. Omniscience has an exact definition - knowing all things. This makes no preclusions on whether his intellect or reasoning is understandable (or not).