Sometimes we're just too smart for our own good, but others...

The notion of an omnibenevolent, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent God is one of the most common in philosophy and religion. Many people have brought the following challenge: how can God be all-good and all-knowing and still have created Lucifer (with the knowledge that he would fall)?

That argument is intriguing. To add to it, take a look at Leibniz. He says, more or less, that all of the things that happen to us and others during our lives is a part of our essence. That means it was a part of Judas' very nature, his very existence, to betray Jesus. Now, some say that the death of Jesus was necessary, but that only adds to the point. How can an all-good and all-knowing being set in motion events that are going to end in betrayal and violent death?