This is to answer some of the questions from my last entry. I am very grateful for your questions, and encourage all readers to ask as many questions as possible.

The questions regarding my last entry were:
Why not just have one morally imperfect god? Why must you have both an omnibenevolent and an omnimaleficent god? Or, why not three gods, each of varying morality? In what way are these two beings God? How can either be supremely anything if its antithesis exists too? Which one created?

The existance of one morally imperfect God is problematic because if he/she is our creator, than whatever he/she would consider moral would be the absolute moral standard of the universe. This would be because he/she would create everything to follow his/her moral code. So it could be that today's world IS the way such a being would want it, except that it is a world WE don't want, so to us, such a god would be an evil god, getting some kind of sick joy out of making us incapable of fulfilliing our desire for what we believe is good. Otherwise, there is some absolute standard of good which all people are striving for, which can be seen in the fact that we're making the effort to discuss these issues. If there is a god, then it is his/her moral standard that we must eventually adopt to be happy and find fulfillment, since he/she determined what will make us happy. If there is a god, then he/she is either evil, since he/she allows evil to exist, or he/she is good and is powerless to stop evil. The only thing that could allow a being powerful enough to create us to be limited is herself/himself. Which is why I mentioned the role of free will in the equation. Ultimately, it is up to the individual to decide to be good or bad. The reason two gods makes sense is that if there is only a good being actively trying to convince people to be good, then they would. It makes sense that there would be some other force (that is non-material) that would be working against the original one. This second god would not be as powerful as the original good god, because he/she would have to be a result of the creation of the good god. This evil god must have been originally good and then become corrupted, just as people must have been. This second god's power is based on his/her influence over human decisions and not it's cosmic ability. It can compete with the good god because of the good god's own laws allowing for human free will. The good god is more powerful, but because of the universal principles he/she laid down to allow for free will, the good god must play by the rules of the game, which gives the evil god the ability to defy the good god. The reason three or more gods could not exist is because any other being would either lean towards the good god or the bad god, and neither of them could be more powerful than the original good god or the original evil god (who was originally good). They would pick a side...

These views are obviously based on my religious background, Unificationism, but I try to be open minded and love discussing such things.

Thank you for taking the time to read my opinions.

Sincerley,Youngil Ely Loew