1) Theological question: Why is it that Christians assume that the God they believe in is omnibenevolent? Is there any hint in the New Testament?
Well, for starters, you know all those signs you see at football games and other public events? The John 3:16 ones.
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2) (this question is, I guess, less theological, more personal) Would it diminish the belief if God was not omnibenevolent but just a creator and looks at what happens to his creation?
It certainly would for me. In LDS theology, God isn't just our creator. And He isn't just our "Father" in a some kind of symbolic sense. He is literally the Father of our spirits. And we lived with Him for ages before we came to this earth. And Jesus (known as Jehovah) was the first born of these spirit children of God. So, we see God caring for mankind on this earth as a father would care for his children.
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