E&S

Question 1

what did i need to remember if i use this

Answer 1

must focus on why E&S is such a powerful argument against the existence of God
NOT the theodicies

Question 2

Problem of evil challenges who

Answer 2

Those who believer in an all-loving, all-powerful God

Question 3

What is the dilemma

Answer 3

• God omnipotent, could have created the world without evil and end E&S
• omniscient, must know how to stop E&S
• omnibenevolent, would want to end all E&S, would not want people to suffer anymore

Question 4

Yet E&S does exist so either

Answer 4

God is not omnipotent, omniscient, or omnibenevolent
or
he does not exist

Question 5

St Augustine said

Answer 5

“Either God cannot abolish evil or he will not : if he cannot then he is not all-powerful, if he will not, then he is not all Good”

Question 6

Criticism : religious believers will argue what

Answer 6

• suffering is a test given to humanity by God to enable us to develop and mature
• God gave humanity free will & therefore cannot interfere in human actions