Some examples from this set of practice questions
1.
Epicurus
Answer: \\\'God either wishes to take away evils and is unable, or he is able and unwilling\\\'
2.
Mackie (Problem of Evil)
Answer: \\\'God is omnipotent, God is wholly good, and yet evil exists\\\' David Hume: \\\'Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent\\\'
3.
Mackie (contradiction of omnipotence)
Answer: \\\\\\\'Can an omnipotent being make things which he cannot subsequently control\\\\\\\'
4.
Paul Draper/ William Rowe:
Answer: \\\\\\\'gratuitous evils\\\\\\\': unnecessary evils that do not contribute to the greater good
5.
John Holroyd (strength of the Evidential Problem of Evil)
Answer: \\\\\\\'The strength of this argument as a challenge to belief in God, compared with the argument from the logical problem of evil, is that the burden of proof is lower here and the conclusion, therefore, more easily reached. It only has to seem likely that some instance of evil is pointless for belief in God to be less than reasonable.\\\\\\\'
6.
James Rachels (The Evidential Problem of Evil)
Answer: \\\'The problem is that the world contains vastly more evil than is necessary for an appreciation of the good\\\'
7.
Genesis 1:31 (Theodicies)
Answer: \\\'God saw all that he had made and it was very good\\\'
8.
John Hick
Answer: \\\'Virtues that have been formed as a result of a person overcoming temptations are \\\'intrinsically more valuable than virtues created within her ready made without any effort on her own part\\\'
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