One of the most widely discussed arguments for atheism is "The Problem of Evil". Many atheists have based their beliefs on this argument, and think it is a very strong argument for the non-existence of God. The argument asks whether the presence of evil in the world contradicts the existence of God. Or if to put the question in a simpler term would be: If there is a God, why is there so much evil in the world?
The argument is based on the idea of what God is. "God is a being that is omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnibenevolent (perfectly good)." The arguments strong points are put into logical form this way:
1) If God exists, God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent.
2) If God is omniscient, then He knows about evil in the world.
3) If God is omnipotent, then He has the power to stop evil.
4) If God is omnibenevolent, then He wants to stop evil.
5) Therefore, if God exists, God would stop evil in the world.
Although this argument seems considerably plausible, in my view it has made a broad assumption on the meaning of evil and assumed the existence of evil arbitrarily. Evil refers to "physical pain, mental suffering, and moral wickedness." And it can fall in to two categories which are called the Moral evil and the Natural evil. Moral evil is an evil that results from an act or failure to act from a human agent according to a certain set of rules or regulations or standards. On the other hand Natural evil is naturally caused disasters like "bacteria, and earthquake, hurricane, storm, flood, drought, and blight." We will start by discussing Moral evil and the arguments which will support against the statement that the amount of evil in this world is inconsistent with the existence of God.
Why does God not deal with the amount of evil that is happening in this world and
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