The problem of evil

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  • Evil
    Something which is inherently bad, which causes human suffering
  • Moral Evil
    Evil that is caused by humankind e.g. murder
  • Natural evil
    Evil that naturally occurs in the world and is not caused by humankind e.g. earthquake
  • Introductory paragraph
    Evil is a problem for Christianity. The definition of evil is an inherently bad action which causes suffering. There are two types of evil, natural evil and moral evil. Moral evil is evil that is caused by humans, for example, war, and Natural evil is evil not caused by humans, for example, an earthquake. Evil is a problem for Christianity as how can the God of classical theism and evil co-exist. There are many Christian theodicies that attempt to explain the existence of God alongside evil