The Problem of Evil in Philosophy

The Problem of Evil in Philosophy

I was always raised to believe that there is a God in the world who is

responsible for everything that happens in our daily lives. This

belief makes the most sense to me and makes me feel complete. However,

I also know that there are people in this world who don't believe in

God's existence and have logical arguments like the problem of evil to

back them up. Philosophers like Hume and Mackie, argue that if God

were omni benevolent, omnipotent, and omniscient, he would not allow

evil to exist. However, evil exists (a lot of it), and makes the

belief in God irrational and inconsistent. Although this is an

excellent argument against the existence of God, I strongly disagree

because I don't find that the problem of evil casts any doubt for

God's existence. In fact, "evil is just the absence of good", like

Augustine once said.

First of all, I will use the free will defense and argue that we

cannot hold God accountable for freely chosen actions. Evil exists

because we chose it to. We, as f...