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The problem of evil and sufferingThe problem of evil and suffering for some is the counter evidence against the existence of God.
Natural evil refers to a form of evil and suffering
which are not the direct result of frees acts of
humans. We cannot reasonably state that evil In contrast moral evil, is the kind caused by
doesn’t exist humanity.people deliberately inflict
It leaves believers with two possibilities, if they suffering on each other.people are
wish to maintain that God is all-loving: unfaithful.
o Evil is the fault of humanity or the devil, not Often theists will argue that this our fault,
God not Gods.God lovingly gave us freedom of
o God created natural evil and had a good choice, we chose to do the wrong things.
reason to do so. cc-did God not know when he gave us
Some philosophers like Augustine and Aquinas freedom that we would choose to do wrong
argue that natural evil was not intended by God things.
but is a necessary part of the existence of good.
Evil is the privation of good.
Inconsistent
Aquinas stated thattriad
prior to the fall evil did not
exist and it’ll be eliminated in the heavenly future.
Muslims do not believe in the fall as iblees was not William Rowe-intense suffering
The problem of evil is sometimes referred
to as ‘the inconsistent triad’: His argument is evidential which shows that
o God is perfectly good the presence of evil in the world inductively
o God is omnipotent supports or makes the claim that God does
not exist.
o Evil and suffering exist
He focuses on human and animal suffering
This trio of premises is inconsistent
which occur on a daily basis (a case
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