Blog [FOUR]- Conceptual Clarifications

Chapter 3- The Problem of Evil

1.) Evidentiary Problem of Evil- God and evil are logically compatible, the existence of evil is nonetheless evidence that God does exist.

2.) Logical Problem of Evil- the argument that it is logically impossible for an all powerful, all knowing and all benevolent God to exist if evil exists.

3.) Punishment- The point of punishment in the problem of is evil is that all of us are sinners, and our existence in a world of evil is somehow to be explained by that fact. We suffer because we bring it on ourselves.

4.) Moral Evil- the evil that people cause by their own actions-- murder, rape, war, and so on.

5.) Natural evil-- the evil that human beings do not cuase-- disease, earthquakes, droughts, floods, and other natural disasters.

Work Cited

• Rachels, James, Problems from Philosophy. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
• Rachels, James, The Truth about the World. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
• Beebe, James. The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Logical Problem of Evil, 2006.
  http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/evil-log.html