The Logical Problem of Evil

The Logical Problem of Evil

• The argument is against the existence of God.
• It is "a priori"
• It argues on the basis of logic ALONE .
• It doesn't need experience or evidence.
• The existence of an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God is logically inconsistent with the existence of evil. 
• The problem of evil presents a powerful and logical challenge to belief in the kind of God described by Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and it goes it like this; if there is a God who is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent then then why do evil and suffering exist in the world?
• Surely, people argue, a wholly good and loving God would want to prevent evil, if he could; and if…