'If evil occurs, is it any more difficult to explain if God exists than if Gods does not exist?'

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'IF EVIL OCCURS, IS IT ANY MORE DIFFICULT

TO EXPLAIN IF GOD EXISTS THAN IF GOD

DOES NOT EXIST?'

ADEEBA NASEEM (LAW LL.B.. 3YR)

PHILOSOPHY MODULE: THE GOD QUESTION

WORD COUNT: 2265

INTRODUCTION.

In a world of great suffering and distress our beliefs are very important to us. Many of us choose to turn to God to help us cope and guide us, and some simply choose not to. But here are some that deny the existence of a God, pointing to the very same suffering as evidence which refutes the possibility of the existence of God. This argument between theists and Atheists is years old.

I intend to look at this argument in further detail and find which side of the argument is more difficult to explain and sustain. This is the structure in which I hope to attempt it:

* Assess the existence of the phenomena evil.

* Evaluate the attributes of the theistic God in the order of; Omnipotence, Benevolence and Omniscience, considering both theist and atheist arguments in relation to these.

* Concluding comments and thoughts.

DOES EVIL EXIST?

'Evil exists in