(15 marks)

b)‘ God cannot be held responsible for evil and suffering.’

Evaluate this claim. (5 marks)

The problems of evil are recalled in what is known as the ‘inconsistent triad’:

Ø God is all loving (omni benevolent)

However, only two of the above statements in the inconsistent triad appear compatible-never all three of them at once. For example, if God is ‘all powerful’ and evil exists; God cannot be ‘all loving.’ If God is ‘all loving’ and evil exists; then God can therefore, not be powerful. If God is ‘all loving’ and ‘all powerful’, evil cannot exist, but it obviously does.

“ Either God cannot abolish evil, or he will not; if he cannot then he is not all-powerful; if he will not, then he is not all good.”

There is, however, one of several theories, which attempts to solve the problems of evil. The theory that I’m going to offer t

There are, however, criticisms of this theory. Adam and Eve were not at epistemic distance from God, they failed and were held fully responsible in spite of ‘immaturity’.

From an Atheist point of view, the evil that comes from. For example, war: the dying and suffering, is that of people that created weapons and ammunition, such as guns, bombs, knives etc. However, thinking from an Atheist view can then lead you onto a Theist view. It’s like a ‘never ending cycle of blame’. For example, Hitler horrifically killed and tortured many Jewish people living in Germany, because they were ‘different’ and he didn’t agree with the religion that they followed, but didn’t God create him and his prejudiced mind?

A philosopher D.Z. Phillips raises the question ‘ what then are we to say of the child dying from cancer?’

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