Please, paraphrase the sentence

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Please, paraphrase the following sentences into modern English.
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Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him god?
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Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

AnonymousPlease, paraphrase the following sentences into modern English.

They are all in modern English except this one:

Then whence cometh evil? = Then where does evil come from?

AlpheccaStars · Answer

That is a famous quotation from Epicurus, a Greek philosopher.
He looks at the 4 combinations of two ideas to examine the existence of a good, all-powerful ***.
1. the power of *** to prevent evil, and
2. ***'s willingness to prevent evil.

Here is his argument:
If *** cannot prevent evil, then he cannot be all-powerful. (If he were, he could prevent evil.)
If *** can prevent evil, but he doesn't want to do that, then *** himself is evil. (He allows humans to suffer evil things.)
If *** can prevent evil, and he wants to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?
If *** cannot prevent evil, and he does not want to do it, either, then why would we call him "***"?

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