If there is a philosophical question that will be debated over until the end of time, it will be the existence of god. In debating the existence of god, we must consider all arguments for and against whether or not god exists. The most commonly debated argument when arguing against god is the problem of evil. Evil is defined as the existence of human pain and suffering. If there is a god, and this god is all loving, all knowing, and omnipotent then how can there be evil in the world? How could a god allow human pain and suffering where seemingly none is deserved? There are many arguments retorting to this, but two stand out. First, God created the best possible world. Evil plays an important roll in our world, the world is better off with some evil that it could be with no evil. Second, moral evil on our planet is due to human free will. Since God gave us freedom, which is a necessity of a perfect world, it is the fault of humans that moral evil exists. It is the combination of these two arguments that prove g
Similarly, in order to create the perfect world God was correct in giving humans free will. This is because a world with free will is better than one without it. It would be a contradiction to say humans have free will if God enforced that free will to be good. Also, God must bring about the best possible world She is able to bring about. Therefore, God must create a world with free will. But then, God is not responsible for evil choices, since it's not in Her power to bring it about that humans freely choose only the good. True freedom of the will in regard to moral decision making entails that humans must be able to choose otherwise. If God rules everyone to always choose the good, then the act is ultimately enforced by God directly and is no longer free will.
If we are to agree that God, by nature created the best possible world, we must consider the natural laws that are abided by in order to create the world we live in. God could not eliminate evil without at the same time rendering it impossible to acco
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