“The existence of evil proves there's no benevolent God”
Agree
- Children suffer from disease and abuse
- Natural disasters kill indiscriminately
- All-powerful goodness wouldn't allow this
- Free will excuse doesn't explain cancer
- Divine plan is indistinguishable from randomness
Disagree
- Free will requires possibility of evil
- Suffering builds character and compassion
- We can't understand divine perspective
- Evil is absence of good, not thing itself
- Mystery doesn't disprove existence
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