In the world of philosophy there are many unanswered questions. One such question is whether or not God exists. Philosopher Thomas Aquinas attempts at logically reasoning through this question. In doing so, he combats an objection to the existence of God, which is known as the problem of evil. The problem of evil states that no omni benevolent being would will that evil exists, and whatever an omniscient, omnipotent being wills must be accomplished. Evil exists so, according to the problem with evil, God can not exist. When analyzing whether or not the presence of evil in the world is compatible with the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, omni benevolent God, I follow along with some of Aquinas's thoughts. Like Aquinas, I do not think the problem of evil is a sound argument for showing that God does not exist and I plan to show that it is possible for God and evil to coexist by providing strong objections to the problem of evil's premises.
First, it could be argued that......
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