There Is No Value To Suffering

Question 1

For god

Answer 1

St Augustine

Question 2

Against god

Answer 2

J. L Mackie

Question 3

St Augustine response to evil

Answer 3

The world was made perfect
Humans were made perfect with free will
Evil is not a thing
It is an absence of good privation of good
Absence of good first appeared when Adam and Eve disobeyed god eating forbidden fruit
Suffering is good we learn from it
Encourages better character help someone who is suffering
Evil helps us appreciate good things

Question 4

J. L Mackie response to evil

Answer 4

We don’t need the amount of evil to appreciate good, some suffering is excessive
Suffering doesn’t always make us good people can make us resentful and bitter
God could have made humans that always freely chose good not evil
Evil is too much for free will to be allowed