Problem Of Evil Essay
Diego Luna
Philosophy 192
Dr. Gallo
22 May, 2015
The Problem of Evil The problem of evil may be described as a theory or conclusion that there is no God of the universe. Although the teleological argument can prove the existence of any God, the problem of evil simply states that if there was a God who was a “Perfect Being” then there should be no evil in the universe. According to the power point of the problem of evil, it says if God was a “Perfect Being,” that means he would be omniscient, omnipotent, morally good and the creator of the universe. With this being said, the argument is constructed in the way that proves God does not exist. The power point summarizes the idea that God being omniscient makes him see the future allowing him to …show more content…
The first example the power point gave involves analogy of a general and God. It states how a general would rather have a victory with a few of his men wounded than lose and have no wounded. The act of free will was displayed in Leibniz second example using Adam. In the power point Leibniz states God would have to act in “extraordinary ways” to correct evil allowing Adam to create a sin in which we consider Felix Culpa or the happy sin of Adam. This would just continue to prove the theory that even when evil is committed; there is a good that comes with …show more content…
The reason I say this is because in Leibniz’s argument, he mentions the analogy of a general and God. To many it would seem reasonable to agree with a general winning war with only a few wounded. To be honest I believe the answer may change for some people if it were to say a general would rather get a victory with some soldiers dead rather than lose a war with no deaths. The way I do agree he contributed to solving the problem of evil would be the idea he gave on not all bad choices are evil. Leibniz said instead of avoiding every evil, some cannot really be avoided and evil paths may have good consequences in the end. God’s involvement may lead to bad actions just to correct us all the time creating problems and new theories on
Philosophy 192
Dr. Gallo
22 May, 2015
The Problem of Evil The problem of evil may be described as a theory or conclusion that there is no God of the universe. Although the teleological argument can prove the existence of any God, the problem of evil simply states that if there was a God who was a “Perfect Being” then there should be no evil in the universe. According to the power point of the problem of evil, it says if God was a “Perfect Being,” that means he would be omniscient, omnipotent, morally good and the creator of the universe. With this being said, the argument is constructed in the way that proves God does not exist. The power point summarizes the idea that God being omniscient makes him see the future allowing him to …show more content…
The first example the power point gave involves analogy of a general and God. It states how a general would rather have a victory with a few of his men wounded than lose and have no wounded. The act of free will was displayed in Leibniz second example using Adam. In the power point Leibniz states God would have to act in “extraordinary ways” to correct evil allowing Adam to create a sin in which we consider Felix Culpa or the happy sin of Adam. This would just continue to prove the theory that even when evil is committed; there is a good that comes with …show more content…
The reason I say this is because in Leibniz’s argument, he mentions the analogy of a general and God. To many it would seem reasonable to agree with a general winning war with only a few wounded. To be honest I believe the answer may change for some people if it were to say a general would rather get a victory with some soldiers dead rather than lose a war with no deaths. The way I do agree he contributed to solving the problem of evil would be the idea he gave on not all bad choices are evil. Leibniz said instead of avoiding every evil, some cannot really be avoided and evil paths may have good consequences in the end. God’s involvement may lead to bad actions just to correct us all the time creating problems and new theories on