The problem of evil is thought of involving a conflict of four concepts: God is power, God is all knowing, God is good, and the presence of evil in the world. The atheist, by attempt of reasoning would say that one of these concepts must be false.

In the internet article by Tim Holt, he concludes through his reasoning that God does not exist. He concluded this through the following:

1. If God exists then he is omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent.

2. If God were omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent, then the world would not contain evil.

4. It is no the case that God exists.

In reasoning 2 he is saying that if God exists, who is supposed to be all-powerful, knowing, and good, then He would be powerful and good enough

In Millard Erickson’s book, he offers a solution to the problem of sin through human’s capacity of free will. God is limited by His own nature. There are some things He cannot do (Erickson). He cannot be cruel because it is against His nature. He cannot lie. He cannot break His promise. Likewise, God cannot make humans without certain accompanying features (150). Humans without freewill would not be human. God in His plan made us fully human. He gave us the capacity to desire and to act with our own free will (150). By having free will, we can do things as God would want us to and otherwise. Therefore, evil is a part of God’s plan to make us fully human. The world was created without evil, but when Adam chose to disobey God, sin came into the world. Genesis 3 explains the affect and curse that sin will have on the world. Therefore, it wasn’t God that created evil; it was humans with the capacity to make choices that brought evil to the world. This reasoning would be valuable information for a non-believer to understand.

Doy Moyer in his article brings up the point that God is all-powerful, He is all-knowing,

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