The problem of evil is the notion that, how can an all-good, all-powerful, all-loving God exists when evil seems to exist also. The problem of evil also gives way to the notion that if hell exists then God must be evil for sending anyone there. I believe both of these ideas that God can exist while there is evil and God is not evil for sending anyone to hell. I believe hell exists in light of the idea that God is holy and just. The larger is how anyone can go to heaven. I will try to answer the problem of evil with regards to the problem of heaven and hell. When I look out into the world it does not take long for me to realize that we are all different in a plethora of different ways. We all grow up in many different societies and cultures that have shaped the way we think and act. Our behavior patterns are in large part due to our culture that we grew up in. We grow up with certain biases and different perspectives on what is good in life and what is not. Some of us have grown up in religious homes of some sort that had a large impact on what we think about life. Some of us have developed habits and traditions from our culture or religious practices. Some of us grow up in non-religious households that find it more meaningful to live without the boundaries and traditions of religion. The point is that we are all different from each other. The interesting thing about this is that we did not choose any of this. What about us did we choose? We did not choose when we were born. We did not choose what family, culture, or religion we were born into. We did not choose our parents and the way we look. We did not choose some of the tendencies and behavior patterns that we inherited from our parents. We did not choose the gifts and t...
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...o fails to realize that evil has no weight in which there is no such thing a greater evil. Evil is not a being that comes in all shapes and sizes. Evil is making a decision that does not please God and if God intervened to stop every evil Rowe would not have been able to argue that God does not exist.
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if God truly existed, there would be no evil. Since evil does exist in the
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The problem of evil is a big topic in today’s society and will continue to be for forever. The problem is that so many bad things happen in the world that Gods existence is debatable and if he is real, it is questionable that he is as powerful as the bible portrays him to be. In this case, we ask the question, how can such a good and powerful God not prevent evil in the world? The argument at hand is that if a perfect God exists, there would be no evil in the world and since evil exists, there is no God. In this paper, I will examine both sides to the problem. I will discuss views on why God is in existence and allows evil, as well as views on why God is not in existence based on the fact that there is evil in the world. After that I will take my stance on the issue and justify why I think that way.
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