Problem Of Evil & Suffering Flashcards
What does Atheists argue ?
That if evil and suffering exists God cannot exist
What is this argument called ?
Problem of evil
What are the steps of problem and evil ?
1.) if God is omnibelovent he wouldn’t want people to suffer
2.)If God is omnipotent he would have the power to stop suffering
so therefore God DOES NOT EXIST
Christian response ?
EVIL AND SUFFERING IS A PUNISHMENT FOR THE FALL
world was perfect before Adam and Eve sinned and disobeyed God, so he punished them by making the perfect world imperfect allowing evil and suffering to happen
Christians second response to evil and suffering ?
EVIL AND SUFFERING IS A TEST OF FAITH
story of Job where God tested Job’s faith by allowing devil to take everything from him but he remained faithful and receive TWICE of what he lost.