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    The Problem of Evil In Evil and Omnipotence J.L Mackie argues that if there is a God who is all-powerful and all good than he would not have allowed there to be any evil in this world, or if there was any evil to begin with he would have eliminated it, but sense there is evil than God must not exist. If you think about how and what Mackie is arguing then it makes sense, that God must not exist if he would let us be tormented by evil on a daily biases, but this argument is only valid to the people who think God is both omnipotent and wholly good. Which few traditional Theist will say that God is not omnipotent or wholly good, but if you can than the problem of evil will not arise for you. Mackie also gives us a few fallacious solutions such as “Good cannot exist without evil” or “Evil is a necessary as a counterpart to good”. So that to everything there must be a counterpart, good has evil, without evil would we even have good? If we didn’t have evil how would we know what good even is? If everyone is good, and no one is evil than good wouldn’t be good it would be normal, people would be so used to seeing good that it would be nothing out of the ordinary like it is these days. At the same time though Mackie brings up…

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    Therefore, we must define omnipotence in a manner of which saves the power of the almighty. Omnipotence could be defined as that of being able to do anything logically possible that a perfect being would do. This is clearly an improvement of prior attempts to define what it means to be omnipotent, as it removes the possibility of weakness and replaces it with “correct” actions that appeal to a moral compass to steer this omnipotent being into the light of goodness. This addition to the…

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    In his article “Evil and Omnipotence,” J.L. Mackie explores the various adequate and fallacious solutions to the “problem of evil,” a problem in which “God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists” (p. 119). While Mackie discusses, analyzes, and criticizes many solutions, including “good cannot exist without evil” (p. 120) and “evil is necessary as a means to good” (p. 122), my paper will solely focus on Mackie’s response to the fallacious solution that “evil is due to human…

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    In his article “Evil and Omnipotence” Mackie asserts, “In its simplest form the problem is this: God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two of them were true the third would be false.” (p.119) There are logical inconsistencies including the fact that there should be no evil yet it exists. In this paper, I plan on arguing for Mackie's argument in the beginning of his article where it is…

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    I personally believe that, although Mackie 's thoughts in rejecting those proposition and solutions for the problem of evil could be logically rational, however, lacking details to support his opinions allows them to be arguable. Mackie 's core ideas on the problem of evil and his logics in denying God 's omnipotence are summarized and argued in this essay . First, let 's start with the 3 traditional propositions, God is omnipotent, God is wholly good and yet there is some evil. Mackie says…

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    In this paper, I will defend the omnipotence of God, which says that there are no limits to God 's power, that He can do ‘all things’. I will first express my view and understanding based on the Omnipotent of God from Thomas Aquinas the greatest Christian philosopher-theologian of the Middle Ages and George I. Mavrodes who explores the ‘paradox of the stone’ Then I will state their view according to my knowledge of their writing. My argument is that God is omnipotent. The question will be…

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    I agree with Mackie when he says “evil is inconsistent with the existence of an all-caring all-knowing and all-powerful God. God cannot be omnipotent and omnibenevolent while evil exists. Those three premises don’t correlate with each other. If God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent then evil cannot exist. And If evil exist God can’t be both omnipotent and omnibenevolent. Just as Mackie said “evil inconsistent” with a good all powerful God. Evil should not exist given an all-good, all-powerful,…

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    Evil and Omnipotence In Evil and Omnipotence, J.L. Mackie presents fallacious solutions that try solving the logical problem of evil. Fallacious solutions explicitly maintain all their propositions, but implicitly end up rejecting at least one of them. The fourth fallacious solution (S4), claims that moral evil is necessary in any world containing the overriding good of human freedom. In this paper, I will demonstrate: (I) S4; (II) Mackie’s objection of S4; (III) A primary benefit of Mackie’s…

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    Throughout the course of human history perhaps no issue has caused as much debate or controversy as the question of the existence of God. People on both sides have provided a variety of interesting arguments to support their positions. Perhaps no argument is as famous as one by Hume which has come to be known as the problem of evil. The argument goes as follows, “Epicurus’ old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but no able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not…

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    Omnipotence And Evil

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    While the term omnipotence itself is not found directly in scripture, “the term is appropriate to refer to two biblical ideas, closely related to each other: 1. God can do anything He pleases. [and] 2. Nothing is too hard for God.” This is a very important point to be made at the outset of this highly debated question. Mankind must view itself correctly in relation to God, namely that God is the Creator and mankind is the creation; God is the potter, and mankind the clay. Additionally, the…

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