God does not create everything to be perfect. If we would be perfect without sins, flaws, and problems, then there would be no God, then we would be totally equal as God, and there would be no one higher and lower than us. There would be sinners, atheist, offenders in His own creation because simply He gave us free will. God allows evil to exist because of the free will. Humans are given their God-given freedom which is the free will; it is the power to make a decision of one individual instead of
The Problem of Evil, first raised by the Greek philosopher Epicurus, is the atheological argument based on the existence of evil. The Free Will Defense attempts to justify that an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God can coexist with evil. The Free Will Defense does not answer either the inductive problem of evil or J. L. Mackie’s deductive problem of evil, as there are problems with the Free Will Defense. Moreover, I believe that it is vital to define what good and evil are in the discussion
Problem of Evil: Does the existence of evil provide a good reason for thinking that an omniscient, omnipotent, omni-benevolent deity does not exist? Its been a long time since many philosophers, theologists, and atheists have been arguing on the existence of God. The existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, and omni-benevolent God has been criticized because of the existence of evil. This is known as the problem of evil. This essay attempts to answer questions that come with problem of evil like: Since
explain why a moral God created a world in which evil exists. These theorists try to rationalize why a morally good God created a world that contains evil and how evil can exist in God’s world. A theodicy justifies the evil in a world by describing how it is the result of some good that makes the world better than it otherwise would have been. This allows there to be a distinction between what is good and evil. A theodicy is a consistent account for why evil exists in God’s world and does not have
The problem of evil has been debated a great deal through different mediums and is the greatest obstacle in the belief of the God. People’s faith in God is blemished when things like suffering and natural disasters are frequent and common. Events like the holocaust or Hiroshima are just examples of situations that have lead to severe amounts of evil and suffering. The Problem of Evil stems from the idea as to why evil exists if a deity who is omnibenevolent, omnipotent and omniscient exists. The
God allows imperfections because if God is all-powerful, all loving and supreme being, then why does He allow imperfections, problems and sins in his own creation? First of all, it is possible that God has reasons for allowing imperfections to exist that we simply cannot understand. In this the Christian can have confidence in God, knowing that His ways are above our ways. As the Bible says, the just shall live by faith. God may be letting problems, and sins, its course in order to prove that evil
the Problem of Evil The problem of evil is a concept that is often heard of in this current century. Many movies depict the battle between what is good and what is evil (Symbols of them), and many church’s preach the word of God in order to combat the evil in the world. Yet, the question often still arises that says: Why is there evil in the world? In his essay, Peter Van Inwagen discusses this topic as well as the objections that arise. In Van Inwagen’s paper, the problem of evil is an argument
argument on the existence of God in his philosophical piece The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism. Rowe’s argument will be the focal point of this paper as it is evaluated for truth. First, this paper will introduce Rowe’s argument that is based on the problem of evil. Next, the argument will be evaluated for conflicts in Rowe’s conclusion. Lastly, criticism will be provided for Rowe’s argument and an argument will be presented that supports the existence of God. Although Rowe presents a
goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil,”1 while according to John Hick, a philosopher of religion and theologian, evil is “physical pain, mental suffering and moral wickedness” characterized by the consequence of suffering.2 Many theologians have discussed theodicy and the problem of evil in today’s society. The theologians seek an answer to the question: “If there is an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent God, how and why is there evil and suffering present in our world today?”3
to explain and or prove why God does not exist. He used majority if not all of his article presenting the idea of atheism being a viewpoint that should be adopted by all. McCloskey put on trial that arguments of design, Cosmological and Teleological arguments as being questionable and invalid arguments. McCloskey claims that the “mere existence of the world constitutes no reason for believing in such a being” (McCloskey 63). This concept can very well be defended as God being a necessary force