The problem of evil

One of the biggest arguments against the existence of God is the one that if there was really an all-good and all-powerful being we would not expect to see such evil as we do in the world.

Many theists have tried to solve this problem in many ways. I don’t think most of them make sense.

Some attempted solutions put forth include:

• The freewill defense
• The theory that God is trying to test us
• The appeal to the eventual defeat of evil
• The appeal to God’s mysterious ways (skeptical theism)

I shall explain in some upcoming posts why none of these ideas make sense.

Part 1: https://anonofreason.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/the-problem-of-evil-part-1-the-problem-with-the-freewill-defense/

Part 2: https://anonofreason.wordpress.com/2019/02/28/the-problem-of-evil-part-2-the-problem-with-the-divine-testing-theory/

Part 3:

https://anonofreason.wordpress.com/2019/06/17/skeptical-theism-and-the-appeal-to-divine-supremacy-fallacy/