The Problem Of Evil!

Many people try to make the argument on how could an all powerful and all knowing God created a world with so much evil in it! This is know as theodicy. Theodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil. in simplistic form it is a philosophical attempt to explain the existence of evil in a God-created, good word.) Many atheist philosopher such as J.L Mackie and Anthony Flew have argued that an omnipotent God should be able to create a world containing moral good but no evil. Lets look at why these so call different worlds doesn't work. And a lot of these claimed are empty, meaning that if you was to break down the argument you could see how the argument they are presenting falls apart within itself. So lets look at some of these argument.

W1:(a) God creates persons with morally significant free will;(b) God does not causally determine people in every situation to choose what is right and to avoid what is wrong; and(c) There is evil and suffering in W1.

W2:(a) God does not create persons with morally significant free will;(b) God causally determines people in every situation to choose what is right and to avoid what is wrong; and(c) There is no evil or suffering in W2.

W3:(a) God creates persons with morally significant free will;(b) God causally determines people in every situation to choose what is right and to avoid what is wrong; and(c) There is no evil or suffering in W3.

This goes against God and is logically impossible to do. The reason why it is logically impossible is God cant created a person with morally significant free will (the ability to chose) that take it away by choosing for them.

W4:(a) God creates persons with morally significant free will;(b) God does not causally determine people in every situation to choose what is right and to avoid what is wrong; and(c) There is no evil or suffering in W4.

The different between world 1 and world 2 which might seems the same but different because evil doesn't exist in this world so therefore If there is nothing bad in this world, it can only be because the free creatures that inhabit this world have—by their own free will—always chosen to do the right thing.

A christian philosopher by the name of Alvin Plantinga stated “God’s creation of persons with morally significant free will is something of tremendous value. God could not eliminate much of the evil and suffering in this world without thereby eliminating the greater good of having created persons with free will with whom he could have relationships and who are able to love one another and do good deeds.

(MSR1) claims that God allows some evils to occur that are smaller in value than a greater good to which they are intimately connected. If God eliminated the evil, he would have to eliminate the greater good as well. God is pictured as being in a situation much like that of Mrs. Jones: she allowed a small evil (the pain of a needle) to be inflicted upon her child because that pain was necessary for bringing about a greater good (immunization against polio). Before we try to decide whether (MSR1) can justify God in allowing evil and suffering to occur, some of its key terms need to be explained.

By eliminating evil that God by default has to elminat us as human being because we by nature are evil. Ephesians 2:2–3“in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.”

Talk about the important of understading who God is and why it makes sense to have free will. Then jump into what Paul writes in Romans 12:1–12“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to…”