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    QUESTION ONE How does the evil and suffering in the world align with the idea of a loving God? Introduction The most ancient and persistent objection to God’s existence is the problem of evil. How can a loving‚ powerful God allow so much evil and suffering in the world? Believers and nonbelievers alike must wrestle with this difficult question. Nonbelievers struggle with the atheist conclusion that morality is an illusory and ungrounded evolutionary artifact‚ in which case there may be no basis

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    Protocol Paper “The Problem of Evil” Thesis: The conflict behind the idea of evil is why a perfect God would allow evil to exist on earth. Summary: James Rachels addresses the conflicts of evil in his book “Problems from Philosophy” by providing various forms of logical problems. The author points out the different possible explanations to why evil would exist. The first major idea Rachels makes is that perhaps pain is essential to caution people of danger. He goes on to suggest that this would

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    are not written to question the moral character of God‚ instead they have been left in the text to evidence how God can fulfill His purposes despite of the inconstancy of the human moral. If Christianity is right in affirming that it has the truth regarding evil and suffering‚ then people must pay attention to biblical causes of wickedness and human grief. The writer Wright defines evil in two sections and presents its causes. The first section he names it as moral evil that is all wicked actions performed

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    Macbeth - Good and evil. The eternal struggle between good and evil is one of the central themes of the play Macbeth. The conflict between good and evil can be seen in the inner struggles of both Macbeth and Banquo. Macbeth chooses evil when he allies himself with the witches‚ yet he continues to be troubled by his conscience. Lady Macbeth chooses evil when she invokes the evil to ‘Unsex’ her‚ but is ultimately driven insane by her troubled conscience. Banquo falls victim to temptation when he

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    (i) Outline two solutions to the problem of evil (21 marks) The problem is how do we reconcile an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God with the existence of evil and suffering in the world? The God of classical theism should be willing and able to remove evil and suffering. However‚ evil exists. This kind of solution is called a theodicy. A theodicy does not deny the existence of moral and natural evil‚ it proposes that there are good reasons why God does not intervene when conceivably he could or

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    Freedom‚ Evil‚ and the Illusion of Omnipotence “Is he an omnipotent and wholly benevolent being willing to prevent evil‚ but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able‚ but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is Evil?” -Hume In the world we live in today‚ there is undoubtedly the existence of evil. Such a presence of moral wrongdoing seems confusing in a world where such a significant portion of the population believes in the existence of a God. This

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    Despite Mackie seeming to have proven the logical problem of evil to be sound it is not surprising that theists have sought to resolve the problem rather than abandoning their beliefs. Responses to the problem of evil fall into the categories of defences or theodicies. Generally speaking a defence is used in response to the logical problem‚ simply showing how there is no logical inconsistency. This does not require an explanation of evil‚ nor need it be true‚ as a false though coherent explanation

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    the people ask why evil happens to someone‚ either ourselves‚ our family‚ our friends‚ and our nation. Why there are crimes? Why there are disturbing instance in the news like child-raped‚ terrorist bombing and other alarming activities? And the most important question here is‚ why evil exists? As defined by Alvin Plantinga‚ theodicy is the "answer to the question of why God permits evil". Evil is generally considered to include both moral evil‚ acts done by humans‚ and natural evil‚ which includes

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    many other issues such as labor rights‚ women’s rights‚ minimum wage laws‚ etc. Thus‚ in 1900‚ a reform group known as the “New York Committee of Fifteen” conducted undercover investigations and released their first report with the title “The Social Evil.” A similar group with ties to the New York Anti-Saloon League‚ known as the “Committee of Fourteen‚” did a comparable investigation of prostitution three years

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    substantial argument known as ‘The Problem of Evil’ which contradicts the beliefs of theists. In this paper I will explain what the problem of evil is and how it works against the beliefs of the theist. In the latter half of this paper I will provide a reply to this problem involving free-will‚ to show theists that they shouldn’t fear the problem of evil and they have the right to continue to believe in the existence of god. In order to

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