Believers Retort To Problem Of Evil & Suffering

Question 1

Some people might argue that, even if evil does provide strong evidence against the existence of an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God, what is there stronger evidence of ?

Answer 1

• There is stronger evidence that such a God exists
• there is not just evil in the world,but also goodness,beauty and love
• so good still outweighs the bad

Question 2

It could be argued that even if we do not know a plausible reason for God allowing evil , why is there still be a reason

Answer 2

Because us not knowing reasoning why God allows evil exist is not a reason God doesn’t exist

Question 3

Why can it be argued that we don’t need to understand God and the things he does ?

Answer 3

• we don’t need to understand God and the things he does, it’s enough to know that God is all powerful, loving and doesn’t make mistakes
• being a believer is about faith in the unknown and not about rules of deductive logic