WOTM Quickey: Illogical
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In fairness, I think one can postulate a being who is all-powerful within the sphere of logic - an all-powerful being cannot create a five-sided square with exactly three sides, for instance, and it isn't an evasion for a believer to point that out. On the other hand, it is also fair to observe that some natural disasters are not logically inevitable under the laws of physics - this is especially true if we count disease under the umbrella of "natural disasters." Not every logically possible species actually exists; it follows that particularly horrific pathogens are not logically necessary or inevitable. Also, many animals can synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans can't, meaning that scurvy isn't a logical necessity either.
This is more about fundamental Christianity than anything else. The fundamentalists could slip by SO EASILY if they just said "God can do anything but he doesn't WANT to commit genocide" or "God can do anything but he doesn't WANT to slaughter innocent children", but they will inexplicably contradict themselves, sometimes literally in the same breath, by saying "God can do anything" followed by "No, God cannot do <insert action="" here="">". It's some of the most mind-bogglingly stupid doublethink in the history of the human race. Source: I used to be such a fundamentalist, and most of my immediate family still is.