Philosophy of Religion |
Chapter 1. OVERVIEW |
Section 8 . The Problem of Evil . |
The Problem of Evil - Rational arguments for disbelief. There appears to be a problem when considering the
existence of an All -good or All- perfect and Supreme Being and the existence
of moral evil. How can a god that is all good and all knowing and
all-powerful permit evil to occur? For some this is an inconsistency
or a contradiction that can not be resolved and so they take it to prove
that such a being can not possibly exist.
Arguments against the existence of god and critics of that
argument will also be examined. |
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