The Problem of Evil
"Don't talk to me about God; the reality of the Holocaust during WWII is enough to show me that He does not exist." This is a common objection to belief in God. Hitler's Nazis killed five to six million Jews, comprising two thirds of all European Jews. "I see too much evil in the world to believe that God exists." Crime seems rampant, terrorism at an all time high, murder, and war all add to the list of possible grievances against God or the existence of God. "How could God allow my thirteen month old baby to die?" An only child taken from a couple that had so many hopes and dreams dashed in one instant.
All these responses are typical of individuals who hold God responsible, or hold that in light of this evidence, God can't exist. "How can God allow this to happen?" is their heart's cry. The argument is a simple one and can be phrased in many different ways. "If God were Good, He would wish to make His creatures perfectly happy, and if God were almighty, He would be able to do what He wished. But the creatures are not happy. Therefore God lacks either in goodness, or power, or both." In the next few pages, I will attempt to explain the problem of evil or pain in its different arguments and provide some reasonable solutions to its existence.
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