t either not exist, or does not have the character traditionally ascribed by theists. Equally if God is not all of these things, then he is not really God, because he is not perfect, leaving room for a God above God.
             It is important to discuss here what we mean by evil. There are two forms of evil: moral and natural. Moral evil is the evil brought about by human beings, and includes phenomena such as war, torture, physical violence, poverty, injustice and political oppression. Natural evil includes all those things that cause suffering but which are not brought about by human agents – for instance, disease, famine, earthquakes, hurricanes, death.
             These are some of the justifications put forward to defend God and the presence of evil, in their most basic form. I will go on to discuss them in more detail later. Augustine would argue that evil is the privation of good, so that evil does not really exist it is simply less good, an imperfection such as blin
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