Philosophy of religion

The argument argues deductively against the existence of God based on a theist’s explanation of the existence of evil and the characteristics of God. Personally, I think this argument is weak. First, God, the creator of the universe, is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, which is all-PKG based on the common western culture point of view. Based on the characters of god, the existence of evil is contradict to the existence of god since the god is defined as all-PKG. Evil is being…

Mackie begins his article by stating that all arguments for the existence of God can be proven false. Mackie is targeting the theist with this argument, but states that the theist can still believe in God and accept the criticism. Mackie uses “the problem of evil” for his main argument. Mackie uses the problem of evil to show that the belief in God lacks rational support, and is essentially irrational. Mackie claims that the following sentences cannot all be true at the same time: “God is…

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…

Final Paper Many people would agree that there appears to be a contradiction between a loving God and the reality of evil. The attempt to answer these difficult contradictions is referred to as a theodicy. The great Christian thinker of our time, C. S. Lewis, wrote as an atheist after his beloved wife died, “meanwhile where is God? This is one of the most disquieting symptoms… But to go to Him when your need is desperate, when all other help is in vain, and what do you find? A door slammed…

Problem of Evil 1-The Problem of evil and Omnipotent The problem of evil has been continually open in theologian 's side for hundreds of years. The problem mainly arises from the inconsistency in propositions that are stated either by religious minds or theologians. It starts by the key attributes of God that are strongly believed by Theists, as follows, 1-God is omnipotent. 2-God is wholly good. Although it is claimed by many of non-religious philosophers that there is no evidence of God 's…

If God exists, why is there so much evil in the world? God is described as an all-good (omnibenevolent), all-knowing (omniscient), and all-powerful (omnipotent), overall superior being. We believe that if God is real and he is what he is portrayed to be, there should be no evil. This presents us with the problem of evil: the difficulty of reconciling the existence of suffering and other evils in the world with the existence of God. (Lawhead 364). There are two different kinds of evil that exist;…

This paper states one of many answers to the presence of evil and questioning God’s omnipotence presented by Mackie in his article “Evil and Omnipotence”. Mackie has his own “Inconsistent TRIAD” formula that states: 1. God is omnipotent 2. God is omnibenevolent 3. Evil exists. He argues that these premises are inconsistent since all three of them cannot exist at the same time. The premise below states that the free choice of good or evil by men is dependent on God. And if men can choose good on…

For generations upon generations people around the world have asked the question, “If god is good, why is there evil in the world?”. On first observation of this simple question one sees what seems to be a fundamental flaw in the Christian belief. John Hick attempts to solve this life- changing question and prove that it has no effect on the essential belief of God. He defines this “Problem of Evil” in the following dilemma: “If God is perfectly loving, he must wish to abolish evil; and if he is…

In Saint Augustine Confessions, Augustine recounts not only the story of his life, but he also discusses religious and philosophical explications, as exemplified by his cogitation of evil. Specifically throughout Book VII, Augustine contemplates the origins of evil and the reasoning behind its existence in a world fashioned by an omnipotent, virtuous God. Through the logic expressing that everything generated by God is good and thus, God did not create evil, Augustine defines evil as the…

My perspective on the existence of God and the problem of Evil breaks down to free will, therefore I believe that although God is all-knowing and all-loving, allowing humanity to process free will created a gate for Evil to rise in the form of decision making. God allowed humanity to exercise free will. This may, in a certain perspective portray God as an evil entity, but he does not command humanity to commit crimes, rape, murder, lie, cheat, or steal. A person’s own free will is the decision…