Philosophy: The Problem of Evil

Voltaire said, "Metaphysical considerations include the nature of possibilities and necessities, I will violate my basic assumption that God chose the best from all possible worlds" I said. In Candido, the character in the book Pangloth said ... "Everything is the best, if there is a volcano in Lisbon, there is nothing else there, since things can not exist there, there is none The place is good for everything "(Voltaire 30). Through Pangloss, he had experienced so much pain (or evil) that he believed that God's thought produced all these pain for 'b'.

The problem of evil in philosophy What is the classic "evil problem" ("three difficulties") in the Western philosophy / theological tradition? The problem of evil is how to harmonize the existence of evil with omnipotence, omniscience, and the presence of the Almighty God. Greek philosopher Epicuras detailed this trilemma in ancient times and summarized it in modern David Hume. Epicuras advocates a trilemma to counter the concept of almighty

Theodicy is a specific issue of theology and philosophy trying to solve the problem that arises when trying to harmonize the existence of evil observed in the world with the existence of perfectly good God (or almighty, almighty) It is department. "Almighty" "Theodicy" also refers to any attempt to solve this problem. In recent years, a new approach has emerged and takes a different approach. Instead of trying to eliminate disturbing contradiction, accepting the contradiction between evil reality and omnipotent and gentle god, thinking as a way to actually exclude evil, or to better understand the essence of God, or both I can.

The problem of evil has two branches. Evil logic problem (LPOE) seeks to prove that the existence of evil contradicts the existence of omnipotence and omnipotent existence. The evidence evidence question (EPOE) tries to prove that the existence of an amount or kind of evil contradicts the existence of somewhat effective and benevolent entity. Of course, not all Gods are considered omnipotent, omnipotent, or either. Many gods are morally defective, positive evil, or simply indifferent, and not omnipotent. The evil logical matter does not apply to these gods, but evidence of evil evidence still holds true. This is consistent with the idea of ​​evil. That is, there are defective evil, irrelevant, or totipotent entities that are compatible with reality and the existence of omnipotent and omnipotent entities is not