obligate him to remove much of the evil in our world (perhaps even all of it), just because he can (omnipotence) and should want to do so (omnibenevolence). After all, if we had that kind of power and were that good, wouldn’t we use our power to get rid of the evil? The problem with such views is that God’s power and love don’t obligate him to do every good thing possible. They only necessitate that whatever he does must be good, and that if he fails to do something good which he apparently should