The Existence Of God. Throughout The Years As Human Beings

The "Problem of Evil" is a philosophical stumbling block for many people. There are various explanations for the evil and suffering in the world. Theodicy, which is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil explains this. Ultimate Questions by Nils Ch. Rauhut mentions eight different types of theodicy: Big-Plan, Punishment, Suffering-Builds-Character, Limits-of-Human-Knowledge, Contrast, Devil, Test, and Free Will. Many of these explanations have several similarities, although I believe that Limits-of-Human Knowledge Theodicy best fits my understanding of the world. This type has the basic idea that God is the perfect being, and therefore he has infinite knowledge as an infinite being. We simply are

Firstly, Inwagen examines a theist’s reply that God brings a greater good out of the evils in the world. However, the problem with this reply, Inwagen notes, is that it does not take into account God’s omnipotence. In other words, God could have brought out a greater good from evil than He has. This implies either God is not omnipotent and so is unable to bring about the greater good or if He is omnipotent then this reply implies a moral imperfection. Therefore, Inwagen admits, his defense must include “…the proposition that God was unable bring about the greater goods without allowing evils…” (Reason and Responsibility, 110). Secondly, a theist may reply that there is evil in this world because it allows for an understanding of good. However, Inwagen again notes God’s omnipotence which could teach this contrast through something less evil, such as vivid nightmares. (Reason and Responsibility, 110) Lastly, Inwagen believes, a theist may reply using free will. Inwagen defines free will as a free choice between different options, for example A or B, where God cannot make a person choose A over B because it is a contradiction to the definition of free will. Moreover, humans abuse free will which causes or “produces a certain amount of evil”. Nonetheless, free will is good that outweighs its evil affects, so, that is why God has allowed it. (Reason and Responsibility, 111) Inwagen notes the objections to this solution as well: (i) the good from free will

The two solutions to what we call the problem of evil are: the free will defense and the Supralapsarian theodicy. The free will defense argues that evil and God are not incompatible because God didn’t create evil. According to this defense, human beings create evil with the free will that God given them. Since free will must be totally free, God cannot guide us to do what is good only since he wants his creatures to have complete freedom over their lives and what they do. So, by proving that God and evil can coexist logically, the free will defense is a path out of the problem of evil.

Evil is in the eye of the beholder, sometimes a daily reality. To present the problem of evil you must first know that evil exists. Since God reveals himself as the all-powerful, all knowing and all good, how can the same God allow evil to exist and for bad things to happen to good people? Our suffering, as well as the suffering of others, vividly marks the presence of evil in our world. The majority of us struggle at one time or another in life with why evil happens to our family, friends, nation and ourselves. In recent news we also hear about particularly disturbing instances—a child raped, a school shooting, genocide in another country, a terrorist bombing. In this paper, I will review the literature from authors Robert M. Adams,

God allows evil to exist because evil is absorbed by greater good. (John Mackie). Specifically, if free will exists then people have the choice to either choose good or evil. The benefit of having free will outweighs the disadvantage of the possibility of the evil option being chosen, and thus allows for the existence of evil, supporting the reality of god. If we are free to choose, even though we may choose evil, the evil is absorbed by the benefit of free will. John Mackie presented the absorption argument, which was used to argue for the theist reply to the problem of evil.

The problem of evil questions the nature of God and threatens his status as a figure worthy of worship. Surely human beings would not wish to worship a God that is neither all good nor all-powerful? The figure we call God is seen to be entirely perfect and flawless in every way. The problem of evil also questions God’s omniscience, in respects that he is all knowing. If God is omniscient then he must know the harm that evil does and the suffering it will cause. The attributes in question are the essence of the nature of God and without them he becomes more like a human than a God. If any of God’s characteristics are omitted, he

We as humans have the choice of free will and we do not come to know evil. Evil

Carolina Ornelas Professor P Essay #4 18 May 2015 Problem of Evil In this dialogue of Concerning Natural Religion, there is an argument that concerns many as to why there is still evil in the world when God is supposed to be infinitely powerful, good, and wise. In order to understand Hume's philosophy of religion, it was crucial to understand the basic beliefs of his theory of knowledge. It was believed that all knowledge of matters of fact come through experience because you had to go out and investigate the world in order to understand it instead of hoping to come up with really great knowledge on your own. I will explain in detail the problem of error considered in this argument and its solution to it.

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.

Bad things happen all around us all the time, we, as humans, classify these bad things as Evil, and the presence of this evil gives rise to the philosophical question; If there is an omnipotent, omniscient, and all-good God how can there exist a thing that is not good, that

According to Tom Morris who wrote “Philosophy for Dummies”, He says that evil is like a very dark shadow that hides and prevents many modern day intellectuals from being and to see and embrace any version or idea of the theistic vision as a whole. The idea of evil creates the knowledge that there is no God that can possibly exists out there in the world but contrary to that belief Theists claim there is a God that created the world and that perfect being is not only watching over us but has full control and rule over the universe. There is much expectation for theists to uphold this believe of the existence of God. Naturalist constantly question and test with these solid arguments against it. We know that God is there and that he exists but we need to learn to have strong argument to defend against these claims. Stronger questions of why bad things happen in the world can test and we question how we are supposed to explain it and why they happen. There are other claims against theism that Morris spoke of. “If there is a God why is there evil in the world?” “Since there is evil there is no God.” These are strong arguments in the opinion of the naturalists and can be hard questions to answer but God is the ruler over everything and has control over all things. Like the saying goes no pain no gain. Morris gave some important points and answers referring to

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.

One of the main arguments that I’ve heard for the problem of evil is free will. To simply put it, evil exists because we have free will. God wants us to have free will so he doesn’t do anything to impede it. Therefore, we are the cause of evil. This argument is usually broken into moral and natural evil (Tooley, 2015). The moral evil is the common reference when

How we view the presence of God and evil depends on why we believe the world was created. If man is a fully created creature then the world was created for him to live in, a comfortable, pleasant place. Our world is obviously filled with suffering, danger, hardship of all kinds, so an all-powerful God could not have created it. To Christians the world is not a paradise where one can experience the maximum of pleasure and a minimum of pain. The world is a place of “soul making” or person making. As we try and understand the challenges of our lives, and our environment we may become “Children Of God”.

For centuries, the idea of God has been a part of man's history. Past and