Problem Of Evil Argument Essay

The existence of God has been a question that has plagued mankind since the earliest years of our existence when humans began to think logically. Both sides of the argument of God’s existence have been argued by many philosophers over the years and yet both sides of the argument are still very prominent today. Theists have found many compelling arguments to support their cause however there is one substantial argument known as ‘The Problem of Evil’ which contradicts the beliefs of theists. In this paper I will explain what the problem of evil is and how it works against the beliefs of the theist. In the latter half of this paper I will provide a reply to this problem involving free-will, to show theists that they shouldn’t fear the problem of evil and they have the right to continue to believe in the existence of god. In order to
Although the problem of evil appears to be a concise argument at first glance, its failure to address free-will is in my opinion, its greatest flaw. However, the idea of free-will is a much more complicated issue than I have perceived it to be in this paper. Although it does provide a response to the problem of evil, there are still many theists who question whether we actually have free-will or not. I believe that there are certain ways and situations in which we don’t have the ability to activate our free-will which would mean it isn’t always an asset for humans. The existence of god is an incredibly subjective issue and it is very hard to believe that it will become objective at any point. Each person has the right to their own thoughts about god and what makes philosophy of religion so intriguing, is the way in which these thoughts about God are expressed. So whether a form of a supreme being exists or not, it really is important that each individual has the free-will to make their own decisions about God’s