The Problem of Evil

Swinburn believes that the evil existence in the world is consistent with the omniscience, totipotency and the existence of all good gods in his essay "Why does God forgive evil"? First, Swimburn's claim is based on two basic types of evil: morality and nature. Moral evil includes all evils caused by human behavior, whether deliberate or negligent, including all evil that is not caused by human beings or is not permitted by human evils . Moral hazards such as abortion, murder, terrorism, theft, etc. are human's unethical behavior, the evil of nature, Haiti, earthquakes such as Hurricane Katrina, wildfires and HIV / AIDS etc. Send back

Evil in broad sense, including all natural and moral evils, is often quoted as evil in the context of theology, as when discussing the problem of evil. The problem of evil is to explain the problem of evil in the world created by the all-powerful, omnipotent, all-good God. If the creator has these attributes, there seems to be no evil in the world. But there is evil in the world. Therefore, there is a reason to believe that there is no universal, versatile, all-friendly creator.

The problem of evil can be formulated in various ways. Indeed, the 'problem' pointing to evil may be more accurate. Recipes are interpreted as logical problems. Regarding the logic of evil, it is claimed that these two arguments, (1) that Almighty and Almighty God exists, and (2) the existence of evil is logically incompatible. Since evil exists on the surface, it is claimed that God (usually understood to be omnipotent and omnipotent) does not exist. In the latter part of the 20th century, logical arguments became dominant. But by the end of the century religious philosophers generally believed that the logic was rebutted. One of the reasons is that there must be hidden or unspecified assumptions as claims (1) and (2) are not clearly contradictory. But what is that?

Regarding the rough topography, we discussed above, there are two different forms of evil discussion. The first is a logical problem of evil. According to the logic of evil, the coexistence of evil and God is logically impossible. The world where God exists will be a world without evil. So anyone who believes in God's presence and evil will commit an implicit contradiction. The second is evidence of evil. According to evidence of evil, coexistence between God and evil is logically possible, but the latter is evidence against the former. Discussion of evidence is sometimes used to infer the best interpretation (ie the induction from evil), and sometimes the probability (ie the induction from evil). In any case, facts about the existence, nature, and distribution of evil in the world are provided as strong evidence for the theological truth.