“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?” [Epicurus]
God is All-Powerful, All-Knowing, All-Loving and Good. So how could such a God stand by when God’s children were herded into the gas chambers at Auschwitz? How can such a God watch a child die of leukemia or a beloved parent slowly fail from Alzheimer’s disease? How can such a God tolerate the evil and suffering that pervades the world and each and every life?
Attempts to explain why God would allow the presence of evil and suffering in the world are called theodicies (theos, god and dike, justice: “to justify the ways of God”)
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