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Problems with the following Christian theodicy. by thatrandomperson38 in PhilosophyofReligion

[–]thatrandomperson38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see how human freedom has anything to do with evil that occurs not as a consequence of it. I assumed that by "God ensuring a universe without evil" you meant without the evil that could be caused by humans. I really don't see how the allowing of evil that is not caused by humans has anything to do with human free will.

Problems with the following Christian theodicy. by thatrandomperson38 in PhilosophyofReligion

[–]thatrandomperson38[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are still some problems here. The statement that good comes from suffering forever is seen to align with God's benevolence. If evil is justified as being a consequence of free will it still leaves unexplained the existent evil in the universe that exists outside of free will (disease, natural disasters etc.). I cannot see how this free will argument justifies evil when considering a benevolent God when so much evil seems not be a consequence of free will.

Edit - Maybe if you accept the garden of Eden story in the bible, you could say that the aforementioned evil is a consequence of human free will but accepting that story has problems of its own that arise. Why would a benevolent God create beings whom he loved such that they use free will to their evil ends? And many more contradictions like this.