Moral Evil Vs Free Will

The argument of evil and free will has been an atheistic argument for a while now. Questioning the existence of a God because of the evil in the world and if it is because of our free will that evil exists. Atheists do not believe in God, according to their argument, if God is omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent then there should be no evil. They argue that if God was omnipotent he would be able to rid the world of evil. If God was omniscient, he would know how to rid the world of evil. If God was omnibenevolent, he would not want there to be evil so he would rid the world of all evil if he knew how and wanted to rid the world of it. This argument possesses a valid point on how an all knowing, all powerful and loving God evil should not

When arguing over free will one must really understand that there are two types of evil in the world, moral and natural evil. The distinction between Moral evil and Nature evil is pretty clear. Moral evil is seen as an evil that is committed by those with free will, evil we create. Evils of the moral nature are murder, theft, discrimination, genocide and more acts that are deemed immoral un unacceptable by society. Natural evil is much different. It involves events that occur in the natural sense. Tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes and the contracting of a disease or sickness are examples of a natural evil, an event that we do not have control of which are considered acts of God. The free will defense is a defense concerning the Moral evil in the world. Majority of the evil present in this world is evil created by man, who acts out his evil on his fellow man. When making the world and man, he gave them free will, the ability to make their own decisions and choices in life. The consequence of giving man free will is the abuse of free will by doing wrong and unleashing evil. A God that is indeed a Loving God would not interfere with free will, even if

And such a God would not create evil or create beings that would bring evil into the world he created. God being a perfect God would have created a perfect world. Evil is brought on by the abuse of free will. If this kind of God exists he knows how, wants to, and would prevent all evil in the world. If such a God existed, he would prevent and protecting the world from evil. According to the Atheist’s beliefs, because there is evil in the world there is no God. The Free will defense is only half of the solution to the problem of evil. Mainly because it is the only thing directly responsible for moral evil present in the world. With free will being present in man, there is the possibility of evil being present. Yet, free will is not the only contribution to the evil in the world. In the terms of natural evil, man does not control his environment or the diseases that are ever present in the world that creates human