Problem of evil

OF THE PROBLEM OF EVIL BY OKOJIE E. PETER epo4escriva@yahoo.com MAY 2013 INTRODUCTION For many centuries, philosophers have been discussing evil, how it exists in the world, and how this relates to God. The discussion on evil and its relations to us is not an easy one though. It is commonly called the problem of evil. The problem of evil in contemporary philosophy is generally regarded as an argument for atheism. The atheist contends that God and evil are incompatible, and given that evil clearly

to solve the puzzle that was “the Problem of Evil” that many Christians failed to do so themselves. The Christian God was supposed to be both perfectly good and almighty. However, many raised the questions, if God is good, then where does the devil come from? Stated in the textbook, The Great Conversation, the Problem of Evil is explained as the following: “If God is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), and perfectly good, then there can be no evil because being all powerful, He could

The Problem of Evil Evil exists, a plain and simple fact. The argument for the problem of evil (and suffering) proves that fact. The argument for the problem of evil states that there is a all-good, all-powerful God. It states that God being all-good means that he only wants good to exist. But, look at all the bad and evil in the world. A total contradiction of a all-good God. God being all- powerful means that he can make whatever he wants. So, if God can make whatever he wants then why did he

The problem of Evil Through time, people have been trying to figure out how a God who is all knowing, all good, and all-powerful exist if there is so much evil roaming around the world. There were three question raised that brought doubt. However Augustine had interesting objections and responses to these problems. The first problem of evil claimed that a good God couldn’t possibly exist because evil still exists. The respond was that everything that God created is good. Evil only exists because

Problem of Evil The argument for the existence of God has been a debate for many centuries. God, in terms of philosophy, must be a supernatural being that: is all-knowing, is all-powerful, and is all-good. Theists believe God exists based on these terms; atheists on the other hand don’t believe in God. Atheists believe that if there is evil present in the universe, then there is no possible way God can exist if he is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. Evil is defined in three different

The Problem Of Evil      It is impossible to deny the existence of evil in the world as we as human beings experience pain and suffering every day. It is generally accepted that there are two different types of evil – natural (based on God) and moral (based on humans). Moral evil is caused by human beings and occurs when humans inflict suffering on other people like September 11th, world wars, the Holocaust and other human related travesties. We also inflict evil on animals

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. Body “The problem of evil is often divided between the logical and evidential problems.” At the heart

AP/PHIL 1000 B Stephen Bedeau 214332449 Dennis Vasilis Papadopoulos December 3, 2015 Word count: 1271 Problem of Evil essay Although it could be argued that an omnipotent omniscient and omnibenevolent deity could exist along with evil. It is in fact not reasonable to believe so. I will prove that it is unreasonable to believe a god with these attributes like this can exist accompanying evil. In order to give a valid argument ill look at each component, omniscience, omnipotence and Omni benevolence

learned about the problem of evil. It was an idea that drew me in not because of the problem itself, but rather because of all the people who chose to believe in an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God while ignoring the problem of evil. Because of this, when Kristen Wagner shared with my theology class that she wanted to examine the different ways that Augustine viewed the problem of evil throughout his life, I was intrigued by the idea. Augustine wrestled with the problem of evil for many years

first and foremost how it is possible for an all loving God to allow evil into the world. Your arguments more or less fell in line with two large arguments against the existence of God, those being the probabilistic problem of evil and the logical problem of evil. To briefly summarize, the probabilistic problem states that the chances of an all loving God existing are highly low given the fact that evil exists and the quantity of evil in the world. In regard to this, you told me that the fact good people