tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post2445857924518831705..comments2024-03-24T12:43:16.575-04:00Comments on Truthbomb : Tough Topic Tuesday: The Problem of Evil, Pt. 1Chadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449550583016519343noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117970412806233818.post-51817050654948101252015-11-18T07:00:38.265-04:002015-11-18T07:00:38.265-04:00This may be the clause that is flawed.... " T...<br /> This may be the clause that is flawed.... " Therefore, He both can and wants to create a world without suffering."<br /><br /> Ie: Perhaps it is a logical impossibility to create a world without suffering that is the best possible world. Reasons for this can include the necessity of truly free will, without which love is not possible. God is love. He would not create a world in which love is not possible. Many secondary reasons are commonly given for the allowance of suffering, none of which are as strong, IMO, as the above. <br /> Also, natural evil is not really accounted for very well by my argument. Tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. could exist without any effect on free will. For this, one must go to the theology of the Fall, etc. which is problematic for most non-Christians.<br /><br /> And then there is the problem of the extremities of evil, for which no amount of speculation about the need for free will and love can ever suffice. This is where, I believe, no amount of reasoning or logic that can help. Examples abound - look up the Rape of Nanking, for example.bbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679936591494267078noreply@blogger.com