Does the Problem of evil prove there is no god?

Does the problem of evil prove that there is no god? [Type the document subtitle] Words: 1069 Abstract The Question I did was "Does the Problem of evil prove that god doesn't exist?" I choose this question because it is interesting to see the theodicies and how they are sometimes contradicting themselves and how they are used to find solutions to the problem of evil. In order to investigate I used a wide range of resources such as Websites, books and C-D's and sorted the information in for and against so that I could easily find the for and against points. In conclusion, the problem of evil proves that god doesn't exist as no theodicy has been able to prove gods existence. Essay In the world evil happens almost every day, from earthquakes to murder. People go through suffering and pain every day. A lot of people believe that there is a god but how could there be a god when there is so much evil in this world. If god was there he would be omniscient (all knowing), omnipotent (all powerful) and Omni-benevolent (all good)1, and morally perfect, which would mean that there should not be any evil, but the problem is that there is evil in this world. Does the problem of evil prove that god doesn't exist? No solution has been put forward that has been able to prove why god created evil when he wants to get rid of evil and he has the power to do so, therefore god doesn't

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