Richard Swinburne discusses in his article “ Why God Allows Evil” the merits and a need for evil to happen in the world. He explains that there are two types of evil in the world: moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is defined as evil acts that humans deliberately and knowing commit. This is a stark contrast to natural evil in which humans have no control over like disease and natural disasters. Both evils are necessary for humans to have responsibility for one another and free will. If God did not create evil, we would not have true free will. “He would be like a father asking his elder son to look after the younger son, and adding that he would be watching the elder son’s every move and would intervene the moment the elder son did a
