“The problem of evil is the problem of how all-good and all powerful god could allow evil to exist in the world, evil that includes the suffering of innocent,”(Alford, pg.5). Growing up with Christian beliefs I feel determinism is a contradiction to the Christian religion. I can not believe good determined thousands of years ago that certain people will do unexplainable evil things to innocent god-fearing people. That is like saying God determined the Sandy Hook shooter was going to go in and kill 25 people. Another example would be saying God determined the Boston bombings. Those people had alternative choices that they could have made that could have prevented those
“The problem of evil is the problem of how all-good and all powerful god could allow evil to exist in the world, evil that includes the suffering of innocent,”(Alford, pg.5). Growing up with Christian beliefs I feel determinism is a contradiction to the Christian religion. I can not believe good determined thousands of years ago that certain people will do unexplainable evil things to innocent god-fearing people. That is like saying God determined the Sandy Hook shooter was going to go in and kill 25 people. Another example would be saying God determined the Boston bombings. Those people had alternative choices that they could have made that could have prevented those