The problem of evil is very simple: why would evil exist if there was an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent and absolutely perfect God? Evil has been a major obstacle for those who have a tenacious faith in a higher being. Since suffering is a normal aspect of life on earth (not limited to the rest of the universe), it becomes a challenge to maintain allegiance to a good, just, and just God who can watch as the world teems with pain and injustice. The problem of evil challenges a greater deity and suggests that a higher entity cannot exist with evil. There are two ways to approach such a problem. Either by reducing the meaning of God and removing certain characteristics from a deity because the idea of an omnipotent god and existing evil makes no sense, or by accepting evil and viewing it as a test or proof of loyalty on God's part which ultimately will lead to a deity. reward on the Day of Judgment. In Leibniz's Theodicy, he does not attempt to demonstrate the existence of both evil and God's omnipotence; so much so that he tries to argue that it is plausible and reasonable to believe in a god with the evident existence of evil. It does this by justifying (or attempting to) the evil in the world. His main justification is that this is “the best of all possible worlds” because if it were not so, evil would exist in a much greater and more powerful form and a benevolent god is free to create “any possible world he wants”. He also argues that creating the world (universe) with the least amount of evil is a moral obligation that a perfect god should abide by, because anything less would make God evil (to some extent). That said, Leibniz does not completely reject the concept of evil existing and thinks that it is advantageous for the universe to contain evil because of "Th...... middle of paper ...... explains why evil exists if God is omniscient, all good and benevolent. God benevolent should be more than capable of creating morally healthy humans (and animals) who would not need a bigger picture to appreciate the good and remain moral is that his arguments are not necessarily timeless as we once were and continue to thrive every day, yet this is expected of Hume as he had not experienced the medical and scientific advances achieved over the years and knowledge must. be experienced first. The problem of the will of evil always continues to elude us. For centuries human beings have tried to reach a conclusion as to why evil exists. Evil has been studied scientifically and philosophized but no conclusions have ever been reached. We can't help but learn to accept that it is a natural part of the world we live in.
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