steven-nemes
Puritan Board Sophomore
What sort of response do you make to the claim that the existence of evil is logically inconsistent with the existence of a good God in control of the universe?
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What sort of response do you make to the claim that the existence of evil is logically inconsistent with the existence of a good God in control of the universe?
If it's the deductive problem of evil, then I would easily point out that there's no inconsistency with an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent God and evil, for He can still decree evil for good purposes.
If it's the deductive problem of evil, then I would easily point out that there's no inconsistency with an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent God and evil, for He can still decree evil for good purposes.
This needs some clear qualification. Henri Blocher's book Evil and the Cross makes those qualifications elegantly.