When we think about the existence of evil several things come to mind. Most people including myself begin to think of the most tragic events that have occurred throughout man's existence like the Holocaust, the wars throughout time, the terror attacks on September 11th, and the devastation caused by this summer's tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. It seems almost impossible for us to not ask, why?
When considering this question and the existence of God in class we discussed the argument from evil for the non-existence of God. The argument consists of several points beginning with how God is omnibenevolent and wants to prevent unnecessary evil. God is also omnipotent, then He is able to prevent unnecessary evil. God is also omniscient then He knows how to prevent unnecessary evil. So if God omnibenevolent, omnipotent, and omniscient then there would be no unnecessary evil, but there is unnecessary evil. Therefore a God can't exist with these features. From this argument......
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