THE CHRISTIAN CONCEPT OF GOD Christians claim that their concept of God is found in the Bible. Known as classical theism, this view of God has long been considered the orthodox theistic position of the Western world. While there are many divine attributes we could examine, for our present purposes it suffices to say that the God of classical theism is at least (1) personal and incorporeal (with no physical parts), (2) the Creator and the Support of everything. other that which exists, (3) omnipotent (omnipotent), (4) omniscient (omniscient), (5) omnipresent (everywhere present), (6) immutable (unchangeable) and eternal, and (7) necessary and the only God. Let us now briefly examine each of these attributes.1. Personal and intangible. According to Christian theism, God is a personal being who possesses all the attributes one would expect of a perfect person: self-awareness, the ability to reason, to know, to love, to communicate, etc. This is clearly how God is described in Scripture (e.g., Gen. 17:11; Exod. 3:14; Jer. 29:11). God is also incorporeal. Unlike humans, God is not solely associated with a single physical entity (i.e., a body). This is why the Bible refers to God as the Spirit (John 4:24).2. The creator and sustainer of all that exists. In classical theism, all reality depends on God – that is, all reality came into being and continues to exist because of Him. Unlike a god who forms the universe from pre-existing matter, the God of classical theism created the universe ex nihilo (from nothing). Therefore, it is on God alone that everything in the universe depends for its existence (see Acts 17:25; Col. 1:16, 17; Rom. 11:36; Heb. 11:3; 2 Cor. 4 :6; Revelation 4:11).3. Omnipotent. God is also said to be omnipotent or all-powerful. This should be understood to mean that God can do anything that is (1) logically possible (see below) and (2) consistent with being a personal, incorporeal, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, totally perfect Creator and necessary. In the latter case, these attributes are not limitations of God's power, but perfections. These are attributes at their infinitely higher level, essential to the nature of God. For example, since God is perfect, he cannot sin; because He is personal, He is incapable of making Himself impersonal; because He is omniscient, He cannot forget. Right in the middle of paper......o good deed. Natural evil confers no additional benefit that moral evil cannot accomplish to the same degree and extent, and in fact natural evil is not even sufficient to foster interpersonal moral virtues, such as forgiveness and tolerance . A benevolent God would permit no more evil than is absolutely necessary to achieve His ends. Because natural evil is gratuitous, its existence is incompatible with the existence of God. God, if he existed, could presumably modify the laws of nature so that evil only occurs when triggered by human action. However, manifest natural evils beyond human control, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tornadoes, and disease, undeniably exist. Since the existence of God and the existence of natural evil are incompatible and natural evil exists, the following revised argument from evil is both valid and sound, resulting in a true conclusion: 1) If God exists, then he there is an omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good being.2) If there were an omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good being, then there would be no natural evil.3) But there is a natural evil.C) God does not does not exist.http://hem.passagen.se/nicb/evil.htm