The Argument For The Existence Of An All-Pkg God

The argument from evil argues and targets against a specific type of god which is argued to be all powerful, knowing, and good. The argument states that if such God were to exist, then we would not have evil in the world. Yet, all around us we see evil and therefore God cannot exist. The argument from evil is a reductio ad absurdum argument because we take on the fact that there is evil in the world and because of this, derive the conclusion that an all-pkg God cannot exist. An important thing to note is that the argument does not argue your concept of what God is but rather shows how an all-pkg God cannot exist. It is not a generic argument that applies to all types of Gods as the arguments specifically target the properties of an all-pkg god. By seeing how the events around society seem to constantly contradict God’s goodness and power, I think that the argument from evil is a relatively strong argument to deny the existence of an all-pkg god.
The first question that arises involves the concept of evil. Do any of us even know what it means? In our society, it is a term coined to pain, torture, and anything that would result in the downfall of society. It is everything we perceive to be negative that brings about pain …show more content…
However, just because we have free will does not imply that we must do bad. Humans could have been designed to always do the right action or we could have been given the illusion that we have free will when in reality, all our actions are predetermined by God’s goodness. There is no reason as to why God would give us free will in the first place if it would just inevitably lead to more evil. God also has the power to stop evil events from happening without touching any aspect of our free will, yet evil events are happening everywhere which questions God’s all-good and all-powerful