existence of evil

Evil exists today in the world we live. People will always try to bring good in this world, but evil seems to be in people’s everyday life or in their surroundings. Good and evil are constantly happening to someone or someone is doing good or evil. A lot of philosophers argued that God does not exist because evil exist, and that if there is God then he would have gotten rid of evil. Although other philosophers argue that yes God exist, but so does evil because it is necessary to keep a balance in the world where humans live in. The main philosophers who will discuss why evil exist and if God himself exists as well are John Hick and B.C. Johnson. John Hick’s reason for his argument on the existence of Evil is more convincing and logically true than B.C. Johnson’s reason for his argument. Hick believes in Evil being necessary in this world and that God exists with it as well. To back up his belief Hick gives examples and uses a theology called soul making theodicy. This theodicy explains how human character is formed or made. This shows that it’s because of all the evil and good that happens that people truly know themselves and develop their own character traits that are considered good. It also explains the reason for evil’s existence and how God can allow evil in this world. Evil is necessary to a certain extent because people can learn better from all the bad things that happen around them, and that there will be more good. Basically Hick says that there needs to be a larger amount of good and a small amount of evil to show that God is good and people will find their way by avoiding the small amount of evil they are exposed to and act upon the good. Hick uses the two types of evil to explain his point on the excessive amount of good that is in this world which are the Moral evil and Natural evil. Moral evil is considered to be caused by people on themselves or animals. Mostly moral evil showed through criminals of any kind because they are