Similarities Between Hick's View On God Allowing Suffering And Evil
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Abby Ludlow
11/16/14
Philosophy
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Hick's View on God Allowing Suffering and Evil John Hick asserts that moral evil is the ramification of free will. (THE PROBLEM) The problem that many people argue when it comes to why God allows suffering to occur is because we as a society have set up God to be a powerful and good God. So why would he allow suffering and evil to be in this world?
Premise 1: If God is really all good and mighty then he would do anything to prevent evil from happening.
Premise 2: If God is all powerful then he can do all he can to prevent evil from happening.
Premise 3: In this world, evil exists.
Conclusion: Therefore, God cannot be good, perfect, or all powerful.
As Christians, we want to reject or ignore the idea that because there is evil in the world, God is not perfect or good. Theologians argue that if a God really did love humanity and care for them then we wouldn't have to go through pain or suffering.…show more content… The first kind of evil that exists is done by nature, like natural disasters and cancer, which we have no control over. The second kind of evil that exists is the moral evil that humans created. This kind of evil results in the actions that humans take. Evil is in the nonexistence of something, rather that it being a think itself. Rod MacKenzie, an author who works for the Christian Apologetics Resources stated in his article, What is Evil? Natural vs Moral Evil?, “For something to be called ‘evil’, there must be an ultimate good or moral standard to compare it with. Without a standard for comparison, how could we call anything