Abstract
Evil as a Logcal Problem
According to theistic approaches God is the transcendent being that has omniscience, omnipotence and the whole goodness. However, according to atheistic approaches, there is an inconsistency (contradiction) between the existence of God who has omniscience, omnipotence and the whole goodness and the existence of evil. Because the God who has these attributes should not allow evil to occur. For that reason, since there is a logical inconsistency between the propositions that (i) “God has omnipotence and the whole goodness” and (ii) “there is an evil”, these two propositions can not simultaneously be true. So, is there a logical inconsistency between these two proposiitons? It can be said that in order to mention a logical inconsistency, there must be a compulsory contradiction between the propositions. Indeed, there might be some moral grounds that make it possible for a wholly good God to allow some evil. If the evil is allowed due to a set of moral reasons, then there can not be an inconsistency between 'omnipotence' and 'evil’. Thus, the idea that “the existence of evil does not have an evidential value that can make the existence of God logically impossible” forms the basis for this study.
Keywords
God, Evil, Logical Contradiction, Free Will
