Problem of Evil - Philosophical

• Philosophical challenges posed by belief in God and the existence of evil and suffering = Inconsistent Triad - Evil exists, God is omnibenevolent and omnipotent. - Dilemma called the Problem of Ebił.
• If God = omnibenevolent and omnipotent, why doesn’t God stop evil in world? If God loves us, then should want to stop it and if powerful should be able to stop it.
• J.L Mackie, Inconsistent Triad:

  • Philosophical argument that God cannot be both omnibenevolet and omnipotent while evil exists.
• INCONSISTENT TRIAD:

  • If evil exists (experienced), God is lacking either power to remove evil or doesn’t love world enough to want to remove evil = problem of evil
• INCONSISTENT TRIAD suggest the three (triad)

  things are inconsistent as they cannot all be true at the same time?
• THE PROBLEM:

  • Evil and suffering often = Christian’s question God’s omnipotence, omnibenevolence, omniscience.
• • If God was all-powerful, wouldn‘t

  he stop natural disaster?
• • If God was all-loving, wouldn’t he stop suffering?
• • If God was all knowing, wouldn’t he know that people were going to do something evil and stop them?