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Arguments For God's Existence

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Whether God exists or not is something that has been consistently questioned. There doesn’t exist a lot of proof, or at least concrete proof for his existence, thus there are many arguments debating this issue. The problem of evil is one such argument that question’s God’s existence. Basically, it questions if both evil and God can coexist, or whether only one or the other can exist. In response to the problem of evil, there are arguments justifying the existence of both evil and God in the world, such as the free will defense. However, none of these arguments are perfect and therefore have their own flaws. This essay argues that God’s existence and the existence of evil are incompatible. If I were to define evil as any form of suffering, then I would divide this suffering between two types—moral and natural. Moral evil is suffering caused by us. It is suffering that is a result of the choices we make or the actions we take. The recent bombing in Manchester is a case of moral evil because the people involved …show more content…

The free will defense justifies the reasoning for moral evil, but it cannot defend natural evil. An Omni-God should be omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent. By allowing for the existence of unnecessary suffering this goes against the idea of an Omni-God. An Omni-God knows everything, wills to do good, and has the power to do so, yet does nothing about natural evil. If an Omni-God does exist, why would this God allow unnecessary suffering to exist if he can prevent it? If we were to assume that some Omni-God exists, but allows moral evil to exist for us to exercise our free will. Then there shouldn’t be any unnecessary, or non-moral, evil in the world. Clearly, natural evil exists. So, then we can conclude that this Omni-God cannot exist because if such a God did exist there would be no natural

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