1. God exists and is wholly good, all-powerful, and all-knowing.
2. Evil exists.
3. there are no non-logical limits to what an all-powerful, all-knowing being can do.
4. A good being always prevents evil as far as it can unless it has good reason to allow it.
There is more to this proof--but too much to type right now.
2007-01-31 10:00:50 · 5 answers · asked by gottaspider 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Been around since not too long after Christianity started. A lot of really smart people have tried to resolve it. Epicurus is the one traditionally assumed to have been the first one to formulate the question.
Try this for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil
2007-01-31 10:05:09 · answer #1 · answered by Love Shepherd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the problem of evil. It was expressed by pre-Christian Greek philosophers.
2007-01-31 18:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect it's Thomas Aquinas, but I'm only operating on vague stirrings of the memory.
2007-01-31 18:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the origin but I wouldn't follow it because it is based on fallacy, not truth.
2007-01-31 18:38:11 · answer #4 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. ... If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. ... If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" --Epicurus
2007-01-31 18:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋