Solutions to the Problem of Evil

• Biblical solutions to evil:

  • Suffering is part of life: ' My comfort in suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life '
  • Suffering is caused by the devil
  • In the book of job, God tells Job that evil does not have a simple answer
• Theoretical solutions to evil:

  • Adam and Eve bought sin into the world ' so the Lord God banished him from the garden of Eden '
  • Irenaeus said that this world is a ' vale of soul making ' in which suffering makes us into better people
  • Humans misusing their free will
• Practical solution to evil:

  • Christians should help those who are suffering