God : Cruent And Omniscient

Before we can dive into the problem of evil, we must define a term. Whenever the word “God” is used in this paper, it is referring to the classical theistic conception of God. In this view of God, God is that, “than which nothing greater can be conceived” in your mind. Any attributes or qualities that make a being great, God has to the maximum. This means that, among many other qualities, God is benevolent(all good), omnipotent(all powerful), and omniscient(all knowing). Furthermore, God is the creator of the universe and is personally connected to the human race.

In the course of this essay I will argue that evil is not compatible with the existence of god. This means that evil and God cannot coexist because if god were present, the existence of evil would contradict all that god is believed to be. Abrahamic religions insist that God both created the world and that he preserves and maintains it. Christianity claims that God is all knowing and is boundless in his abilities. Religions claim that God is benevolent, and only wants the best for humanity and the universe, as his creations. If all of the above statements be true, then it is hard to understand why god would allow evil to thrive right from the beginning of time.

People wonder how an Omniscient God could allow such evil to take place in the world. When natural disasters strike and kill thousands of people and leave many more homeless, or when the dreaded cancer envelopes the nurturing mother of three kids and leaves the family grief stricken and in shambles; how could you muster up the faith to believe, No, there is a God. This has been at the root of all debates whether God exists or not. Atheists always pull this out of their sleeves when getting in heated arguments with theists about the existence of a God. “If He’s so Omnibenevolent, if He loves you so much, why does he make bad things happen?” The problem has been part of a lifelong argument. The problem of evil has left many theists running around like chickens with their heads cut off. It’s distressing for them to admit that either God allows evil or that He does not have all the Omnis. Evil exists, no doubt about it. The problem for a theist is, how do you prove the existence of an Omniscient God when such torment occurs in the world. How do you get them to see that it is a good thing? Can you?

In this paper, I will present to you the problem of evil and the criticisms it faces as evil and deities coexists in one ______. Starting out it is important to understand where the dissonance comes from. How can God, an inherently ‘good’ figure, said to know everything, exist in a world where evil exists? If God knows everything that is going to happen, and does not do anything to prevent evil from occurring, or can we label him as a good figure? The big question we must look at is God the cause of evil? The problem of evil proves to be the existence of evil in a world where we believe God to be all knowing, all good and all powerful. Through

One of the oldest dilemmas in philosophy is also one of the greatest threats to Christian theology. The problem of evil simultaneously perplexes the world’s greatest minds and yet remains palpably close to the hearts of the most common people. If God is good, then why is there evil? The following essay describes the problem of evil in relation to God, examines Christian responses to the problem, and concludes the existence of God and the existence of evil are fully compatible.

An argument against the existence of God is based on the presence of evil in the world. This deductively valid argument is divided into two categories; human action and natural evil (Sober, 2005, p. 120). Human action discusses how experiences makes us better people, while natural evil are tragic events that are not under the control of humans. Each category is used as evidence to refute God as an all-powerful omniscient, omnibenevolent, or omnipotent being. In order to understand the strengths of this argument, it is important for an overall assessment of how the presence of evil questions if a Supreme Being actually exists, by arguing why a being of all-good would allow evil, importance of evil in a good world, and questioning God’s intervention in evil.

The problem of evil as suffering is a problem of what to do with the obstacle for the believer but also an obstacle to unbeliever to converge because they do not think it harmonising. In contradiction to compatibility, an atheist often suggested that the present of evil entails the absence of God. Atheist argued, if God exists, then as an omnipotent, he is able to prevent the evil occurrence. For omniscient, it implies under any circumstances evil will occur if he does not act. Then, being perfectly good, he will prevent its occurrence and so evil will not exist. Based on this above proclamation, the existence of God does not compatible with the evil of whatever kind. However, theists response to this logical problem of evil by an atheist is that necessarily perfectly good being, foreseeing the occurrence of evil and able to prevent it, will prevent evil. The essay will first, define what evil is according to Swinburne as one of the philosopher of religion, Second, Swinburne four categories of evil will be discussed (Physical evil, mental evil, state evil, moral evil). Third, Phillip logical and existential problem evil will be discussed through. How will all these above assertions be a problem to those that and does not believe in God.

A controversial question that is typically pushed under the rug in today’s society: Is God real? If so, why does so much evil take place in the world? I will argue that the problem of evil is a compelling argument against the existence of God. Using John Perry’s idea’s of moral evil to prove the existence of an omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-powerful), omnibenevolent (all- good) God does not exist.

My opinion to this statement does not come immediately. For this reason I plan to briefly investigate the arguments for four main sub-premises that either support or reject the statement “If God is omnipotent, then God will be able to make evil good”. These premise’s are:

To what extent is the so-called ‘problem of evil’ a problem for anyone who believes in God? The problem of evil as suffering is a problem of what to do with the obstacle facing the believer and also this as a challenge to unbeliever for them to converge because they do not think it harmonising. Its contradict compatibility, an atheist often suggested that the present of evil entails the absence of God. Atheist argued that, if God exists, then he is an omnipotent, and able to prevent the evil occurrence. For omniscient, it implies that under any circumstances evil will occur if he does not act. Then, being perfectly good, he will prevent its occurrence and so evil will not exist. Based on this above proclamation, the existence of God does not compatible with the evil of whatever kind. However, theists response to this logical problem of evil by an atheist is that necessarily perfectly good being, foreseeing the occurrence of evil and able to prevent it, will prevent evil. The essay will first define what problem of evil according to Swinburne as one of the philosophers of religion. Second, Swinburne four categories of evil will be discussed (Physical evil, mental evil, state evil, moral evil). Third, Phillip logical and existential problem evil will be discussed, what impact do these have on the failure to distinguish the logical and the existential problem of evil for both theist and atheist. Fourth, how will all these above assertions (definition of evil, for categories of

Why does evil exist on earth? This is a central point on the issue of the problem of evil. Atheists and theists attempt to account for this question in their own philosophical perspectives. Epicurus’ paradox of evil raises a dilemma for the traditional Judeo-Christian view of God and evil. This tradition affirmed the following three propositions: “God is all-powerful (including omniscient), God is perfectly good, and evil exists” (Pojman 69). The paradox of evil diminishes God’s Omni-qualities, that is, it is inconsistent with the traditional theistic view of God.

The problem of evil essentially argues that if an omni-potent, omni-benevolent and omniscient being exists (being God) then why does evil exist? The argument is as follows: “ 1. god, if he exists, is the all-knowing, all-loving, all-powerful creator of the world. 2. but there is a great deal of evil in the world. 3.

The theological problem of evil is a problem that many philosophers have tried to solve. The problem is stated as, "if one believes that god is omnipotent and wholly good, why does evil still exist?" In this writing I will discuss the solutions/propositions of John L. Mackie in his work, "Evil and Omnipotence." I will do this in order to illustrate the concept of free will for understanding or resolving the problem, and to reveal how and why Mackie arrives at his conclusions.

Does God exist in the universe, or does the universe exist in God? This is the question mankind must answer when we discuss the attributes of God. Many times humanity attempts to place God in the universe and placing universal laws and limitations on God, but God is not bound by the laws of the universe, because the universe exists in God. If it true that God has created everything than how can he be limited by anything? Only God could limit Himself, by His own choice to do so. Thomas V. Morris in his article on the omnipotence of God asks; can God do everything that is logically possible? Who’s logic? Are we made in the Image and Likeness of God, or are we attempting to make Him in ours? The difficulty is this: as humans, we are imperfect, with our viewpoints so limited —is it God we connect to, or merely our own impression of Him? As imperfect humans, we know only ourselves. We connect to others, but we can never truly go into anybody’s mind but our own. Every “person” exists in a specific manner, completely immersed in his individual awareness, which is egocentric and exclusive. As human beings, we look towards reason and logic to try to understand existence and our place in it. However, there is no human being who is omniscient, so therefore our logic can be flawed, so what is logically possible?

questions to God's nature: he said to be all-powerful, all knowing and all good. Uncertainty this is the case, why does not he stop evil? In addition, since people are supposed to be created in God's image, why are they capable of moral evil? If single person believes that God exists, there can only be one answer: evil exists because God permits it, and moral evil exists because God has controlled us independence of choice.