Handout 14- The Problem Of Evil

Question 0

Adequate solutions to the problem of evil

Answer 0

1) God is not omnipotent
2) evil is a privation of good
3) partial evil is universal good

Question 1

An Argument based on The Problem of Evil

Answer 1

1) if God exists, then this world was created by an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent (O,O,&O) being.
2) if this world was created by an O,O, &O being, then this is the best of all possible worlds.
3) if this is the best of all possible worlds, then this world contains no evil.
4) this world does contain some evil.
5) therefore, God does not exist.