3.1.9: why evil&suffering may lead to atheism

Moral evil:

- caused by humans using their free will.

- wars&crimes such as , murder&burgarly are good examples of moral evil.

is suffering that has not been caused by humans.

such as earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, cancers, not caused by humans but result into human suffering.

if God is omnipotent(all powerful) he must be able to remove evil&suffering.

if God is omni-benevolent(all good) he must was want to remove evil&suffering from the world.

it follows that if God exists there should be no evil/suffering in the world.

as there is evil&suffering in the world either either God is not all good/powerful/ or he does not exist.

also, if God knows everything he must have known the evil&suffering that would come from reating the universe.

so he should have created the univese in a way that avoived evil&suffering.

Most religious believers believe that God is omnipotent, omnibelevent, omnsicient.

so the existence of evil&suffering challenges their beliefs about God.

For many religious believers, evil&suffering becomes a problem is they experience it .

for example, if they are in an earthquake/ if their child dies from a disease it can change them into an atheist.