The Problem Of Evil, The Fine Tuning Argument And The Moral Argument

If there is a God, horrendous things wouldn’t happen. According to Inwagen, there is sufficient reason behind why God allows evil or even created it in the first place. This argument provides an anchor to the argument of God’s existence. God has outweighed reasons to allow evil and has a very real logical motivation why it might be. God being the omnipresent prefect being he is wouldn’t want evil. The key word is ‘want’ in this context, because want is a strong desire for something, doesn’t mean obtaining it or getting it are two very different things.

On the topic of the existence of God, Ernest Nagel and Richard Swinburne have construct arguments that challenge one another. In Nagel’s article, “Does God Exist?” he argues that if God is all-powerful, omniscient, and benevolent; he would know when evil occurs and has the power to prevent it. Because evil occurs, God does not exist. This is the problem of evil. Challenging Nagel, the article by Swinburne, “Why God Allows Evil,” argues that God has the right to allow moral and natural evils to occur because those evils reap greater goods that make the lives of human-beings meaningful. He extends his argument to the idea that God seeks to provide human beings with goods such as freewill and responsibility of not only ourselves, but of the world and others. While Nagel utilizes the problem of evil as an objection to the existence of God, Swinburne employs it to show that God allows evil to occur to provide human beings with goods that go beyond moments of pleasure and joys of happiness.

Omniscient God only have the power, knowledge and control over human; to maintain that superiority God typically responds to human behavior with what they deserve. God blesses the righteous and punishes the evil man to remind their limitation and worship to the God.

If evil is necessary for good contradicts that God is omnipotent and morally perfect. If he was really all

Suppose there is an omni-god, an all powerful, all knowing super-being. This being would be perfect in its own right. Therefore, if this being was omnipotent and perfect, would it not make sense that everything it creates is perfect as well? Why would this being make anything less than perfect? Our perfect world would be filled with perfect people living perfect lives in perfect harmony with perfect understanding. Because, why would we worship or trust in a less than omnipotent God? We see no limits to God’s

If god was all good, all powerful and all knowing, he would not allow the existence of evil.

Some times the question of “Where is God” surfaces with all the adversities, and I find myself asking “what is God doing for all these people who are suffering?” But however amidst all the issues I know that He is there, and all these problems and conflicts do not change the fact that God exists, and I still have hope for change for these suffering people no matter what the circumstance.

Stephen Law conducted a thought experiment with a purpose of establishing the existence of an evil God, whereby he challenged those who believed in the presence of a kind and good God, doing nothing evil, and argued that the existent God is wicked indeed. The hypothesis developed into the challenge based on the argument that, if an omnibenevolent God is said to exist, yet there is so much evil in the world, then there is as well a possibility that an evil God exists, yet there is so much good. Law aimed to doubt not the fact of the existence of God, but the generally accepted assumption that the existing God is benevolent. Another researcher, Rowe, refutes this approach, arguing that the existence of a Supreme Being, who created people and hence cares for them, cannot be associated with evil. In fact, the presence of evil is a clear sign of the absence of a God. This paper seeks to take a position opposing to Law’s theory and prove that, despite the presence of evil, an omnibenevolent God still exists.

The problem of evil questions the nature of God and threatens his status as a figure worthy of worship. Surely human beings would not wish to worship a God that is neither all good nor all-powerful? The figure we call God is seen to be entirely perfect and flawless in every way. The problem of evil also questions God’s omniscience, in respects that he is all knowing. If God is omniscient then he must know the harm that evil does and the suffering it will cause. The attributes in question are the essence of the nature of God and without them he becomes more like a human than a God. If any of God’s characteristics are omitted, he

“The problem of evil is often divided between the logical and evidential problems.” At the heart of each problem is the belief that the existence of God and the existence evil are incompatible. They present an “either/or” dilemma: either God

Viewing Evil God allows evil and suffering to happen in our world. Why? Humans have free will and choices to do either. God is considered omnipotent and omniscient. It is not logical to allow evil in the world.

Conversely, if he is good and not all knowing or powerful, then he has no capability to intervene in all cases of evil. Likewise, if he has all knowledge and power, but lacks goodness, then he may have a mean nature that prevents him from intervening in situations of evil and suffering (James & Crenshaw, 2005). However, if God has all these qualities, but the universe exists in a non-contingent relationship, then perhaps it can be presumed that God has very minimal influence on the occurrence of evil, but his design may still be faulted. However, if he has power, knowledge, and goodness, then why do suffering and evil occur or exist? (Trakakis,

God cannot determine the outcome of our free choice. So either there is no omniscient god or we are created without free will and therefore are forced/unable to avoid doing evil. Again this shows that god is not benevolent, nor omniscient, therefore he is non-existent. Theists may argue the following reason for god to have granted humans free will. It is possible that god raised homo sapiens to rationality giving the gift of abstract thought, language and disinterested love. And so it is arguable that god gave us free will to allow for love, as free will is necessary for love. Although this may be one of many reasons that god granted us free will, it is one that we may understand. Free will is necessary for both erotic and platonic love. One may argue that evil is only trumped by love. And that the existence of evil, although in its masses is worth it for the sake of

Since God is the epitome of good, then his intentions on creating things to be would have to be good. Say a couple of hundred people were taking a flight to Hong Kong; and during this flight, the plane’s engine malfunctions causing it to crash and kill all passengers. To most people, this would be the cause of an accident, but to me, this would be considered purely evil.

God is portrayed to be omniscient and benevolent, but the evil in the world compels a strong argument against god’s existence. Majority of the people believe that if God is all knowing and omnipotent, why can't he prevent devastating tragedies such as 9/11 or the most recent mass shooting in Las Vegas Nevada. God is also characterized as omnibenevolent, so if he knew a tragedy was about to occur, why didn't he save the countless of innocent lives. The existence of God will always be uncertain, and hardships in life will always steer the people who want to believe further away from God.