The Bill Hicks thingy made me flash back to Alan Watts.

He confuses the concept of omnipotence.
Omnipotence simply refers to having the power to do whatever power can do. For instance, if I were to ask you how much electrical power it takes to make the sky blue, you'd correctly respond along the lines that the color of the sky is not a product of electricity.
I'd respond in a similar vein to Epicurus. Evil is not something that Power affects.

Epicurus also assumes that "good" is whatever he considers to be "good". In the real world what a child considers "good" may not be the same as what a responsible adult would consider "good". In the case of the Creator and creation, the difference is even greater.

"42"

Meaning take your Thorazine and Lithium.

holy crap, that's some weird stuff.....:eek:

I like what Robert Anton Wilson said about conspiracies.

Robert Anton Wilson on Conspiracy Theories - YouTube

I have to say, none of that made any sense.

Well, it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is...

maybe it was just sophistry...

"How do I know the Bible isn't the word of God? Well if it was the word of God it would be clear and easy to understand...considering God was the creator of LANGUAGE!" - Bill Hicks.

I am not surprised. If you start with a natural, materialistic world, and admit no other possibility, that is where you will remain.

Golly, I thought the part of his description you quoted was especially clear, Possibly having raised 3 kids gave me a kind of insight.

If 'the good' is defined by the individual then think of a baby reaching for something shiny and dangerous. In an adult, self-defining "the good" opens us to the world of a psychopath.

I do not disagree that humans have the capacity to learn and adapt. However, it's not merely Epicurus or an infant that has a unique way of defining good . . . Everyone, at every stage of life does. How this relates to a deity is the confusion I have with the statement.

So power that can create good cannot destroy evil?

Perceived colors are variations in the spectrum of light. Light is energy, energy is power. An omnipotent god can make the sky blue or green or pink.

There is no mention of good....

Maybe god doesn't believe in evil, as we do, and as such does nothing to destroy it? In which case, one must ask, "Is there good?" If not, then no reward for the pious and 'goodly'... and no punishment for the evil. Maybe god just doesn't give a 5hit what we do.

^^
You write as if evil were a created "thing". Perhaps it is not.