Does Theodicy Exist

Theodicy is essentially trying to state without any room for error why god allows for evil to exist in the world and what good can come from it. The word theodicy has existed for approximately 300 years leaving it open for massive amounts of interpretation and not only that but its mere existence as a form of rebelling against the churches as it is not necessarily within religious books. Of course if one finds certain words and interprets them how they want it could be said that it is found in the book. This leads to ones interpretation of mass killings or genocides and why god allows them to exist. If god has this master plan in mind why in all things that are holy would he allow for Hitler, Stalin, Cambodia, the Genghis Khan era, and the other massive genocides that are taking place all over Africa with no real accurate report of numbers to report. This leads into one trying to find some sort of solace in the fact that these millions upon millions of people have died because of ones view of it being religiously correct or …show more content…
This in essence answers the question. Why do good things happen to good people? Unfortunately people can also become products of their environments and will do bad things to everyone no matter if they are good people, bad people, elderly people, or young people. If they have something that the other feels they need such as an automobile or money. This is also the case for people who were once good people and got addicted to drugs and will result in doing bad things to good people to recoup some sort of monetary value in order to get their fix and return to as normal a state as possible. As the author Alessandra G Brohmer says “Only when good and evil are property comprehended can the Problem of Evil be adequately understood, and God is discovered to be