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Problem of Evil - Coggle Diagram
Problem of Evil
Logical problem of Evil
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Evil is a wide covering all damaging aspects of of human existence such as the moral evil and natural evil
Such a god that is omniscient would know that evil exists, and he must surely be willing to prevent it since god is regarded as ominopent
David Hume: “God willing to prevent evil but not able? then he is impotent. Is God able but not willing? Then god is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then evil exists?”
Following Hume's explanation some modern philosophers have claimed that evil logically disproves the existence of God.
In other words they maintain that the existence of evil is logically incompatible with the existence of omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent god
On this view, the manifest existence of evil in our world gives us a watertight logical demonstration that the traditional god of classical theism cannot exist
A responder, a defender of traditional theism has various options. Consider god’s omnipotence being all powerful does not mean being able to do everything and anything
Most theists would say that omnipotence does not include the ability to do what's logically impossible for example to create a round square
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theodicy and Free Will
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Free will defence: The idea that the principle reason for the evil found in the world is an exercise of our own free will
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In a world with so much suffering is a world that allows so much growth, that the world is veil of soul making
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