The Problem of Evil: A Solution From Science

In this essay, I attempt to solve the problem of the existence of evil in a world created by an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent God. I conclude that evil exists because God wanted to create moral creatures. Because choice is necessary for morality, God created creatures with enormous capaciti...

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Main Author: Williams, Patricia A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2001
In: Zygon
Year: 2001, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 563-574
Further subjects:B Morality
B Evil
B Theodicy
B Nazis
B problem of evil
B Sociobiology
B Cosmos
B God
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Summary:In this essay, I attempt to solve the problem of the existence of evil in a world created by an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent God. I conclude that evil exists because God wanted to create moral creatures. Because choice is necessary for morality, God created creatures with enormous capacities for choice—and therefore enormous capacities for evil. Material creatures are subject to pain and death because, for such creatures, moral choices are deeply serious. The laws that underlie the material world and from which material life arises are such that, from their workings out on a planet that can support life, natural evils happen.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00382