There is clearly a lot of evil in the world. Bad things happen to innocent people every day. People often ask how God can exist if such evil things happen. The Argument from Evil states that if God is all-powerful and all-good, there would be no evil; however, evil exists, therefore there must be no all-powerful and all-good God. Of course, there are numerous ways to critique this argument by using the theodicies. I believe that the theodicies provide sufficient reasoning as to why the Argument from Evil is wrong. The theodicies that I will be touching base on state that God’s ways are beyond us, free will was given to the human race for a reason, and that evil is necessary for the growth of one’s soul. Of course, one could argue that there are issues with theses theodicies, but I believe that the pros outweigh the cons of these issues. I believe that God does exist and I will use the above mentioned theodicies as evidence to my claim and as reasoning to support …show more content…
We are given this free will so that if we decide to do something that is considered evil, it is on our hands, and our hand alone. God cannot be blamed for the actions that we, as humans, decide to perform. By giving humans the right to a free will, it is giving them the option to act both wrongly and rightly. According to the free-will defense, all finite humans are due to commit some form of wrong-doing. The attachment between humans that have free will and the act of wrong-doing is an attachment that is unable to be pulled apart. The presence of free will is the simple explanation for moral evil on the planet. The world is a better place with freedom, and God has given us that freedom. It just so happens that when free will is given, there is a possibility for evil to come about. However, we cannot blame God for this because freedom is necessary for the world to be better as a