Problem of evil

necessary for the baby to suffer. If it was not, then it was wrong to allow it. I believe this is Johnsons weakest point because I feel as there is never a necessary reason for a baby’s death. Throughout Johnson’s passage, BC Johnson, God and the Problem of Evil, he contends that it is far-fetched that God (if for beyond any doubt God exists) is all great. He proceeds by depicting the issue of wickedness, explaining common theistic views, and then gives his own view to the theistic responses.…

Solving the problem of Evil God’s existence have been questioned multiple times throughout the history. Philosophers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and Paley proved the existence of God throughout the order and design of the universe. On the other hand, philosophers such as Hume in his philosophical paper “ The Problem of Evil” had pointed out the opposite. In what follow, I will discuss how the cosmological and teleological arguments solve the problem of evil and re affirm the…

the problem of evil, which states that God is all knowing, all good, and all-powerful but it raises the issue of why evil exists. Augustine was distraught over this issue, he found comfort in the Manichaeism solution to evil, which mentions the soul is all-good and seeks to escape the evilness of the body. After returning to Christianity he sought out happiness through knowledge and believes that God is connected to truth. Additionally, Augustine believes in two types of evil, being moral evil…

argument, but states that the theist can still believe in God and accept the criticism. Mackie uses “the problem of evil” for his main argument. Mackie uses the problem of evil to show that the belief in God lacks rational support, and is essentially irrational. Mackie claims that the following sentences cannot all be true at the same time: “God is omnipotent, God is wholly good, and yet evil exists”. Mackie is stating that these three sentences are inconsistent. If two of these sentences are…

The Book of Job probes the question of the problem of evil in the world. This book is one of the more philosophical books in the old testament. It has spiritual value, but it also has a universal philosophical value that touches on the problem of evil. The main character is Job who is an upstanding gentile man of his town. He has a family, a farm, and status in his town. One-day God and Satan are talking and Satan says Job only loves God because he is blessed with a good life. So as a challenge…

supernatural being. Non-believers commonly employ arguments that are grounded in the problem of evil to dispute the theist’s divine creator. The problem of evil elicits the question of how a perfect and loving God could allow evil, such as human suffering and wrongdoing, to exist in the world (Morris 263). To support their theistic worldview, it is imperative that Christians evaluate and devise logical answers to the problem of evil. Through theistic arguments, it can be shown that…

concept of the problem of error to explain to his readers that there was no mistake in completing meditations. The problem of error just states that basically we all make mistakes in judgement. The problem of error is closely related to the problem of evil. The problem of evil is the introduction of unnecessary suffering and pain brought into the world. By this we know that evil exists but isn’t necessary and for sure we know that evil exists because it’s all around us. Just like the problem of…

existence of God. That question is, ‘if God is good and made us in His likeness, then why is there evil in the world?’ This question has plagued both theist and philosophers alike. I personally have encountered this very question in both Religious Quest, as well as Philosophy. While the latter concentrates on the logical problem of evil in order to argue that there can not be a perfect God who could then allow evil, the theist believes in an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent God. I…

INTRODUCT ION The question of the existence of a good God and evil is by far the most important problem for philosophical, religious, and moral consideration. These two contradicting arguments have been postulated by many philosophers like Richard Dawkins, William Rowe…etc. Though the intrinsic presence of suffering is the most obvious feature that determines the character of the existence or non-existence of God, it is an empirical fact, and the truth or falsity of these facts can only be…

Underestimating God When something evil is happening it is normal for mankind to go through the five stages of grieving (Axelrod, 2006). Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance are all normal parts of processing a detrimental moment in life. No two individuals will go through the stages in the same time or even the same order yet rest assured that at some point we will all ask: why? As part of our quest to understand our relationship with the rest of mankind and God we…