The Problem of Evil (~1100 Words)(Not Great Writing)

“All the evil in the World shows that an all-good, all-knowing, all-powerful God does not exist”
Epicuris is associated with one example of a formulation of the problem of evil, it is usually schematized as follows
If an all-powerful and perfectly good god exists, then evil does not.
There is evil in the world.
Therefore, an all-powerful and perfectly good god does not exist.

Various philosophers have expanded upon this to create.

  God exists.God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good.
  A perfectly good being would want to prevent all evils.
  An omniscient being knows every way in which evils can come into existence.
  An omnipotent being, who knows every way in which an evil can come into existence, has the power to prevent that evil from coming into existence.
  A being who knows every way in which an evil can come into existence, who is able to prevent that evil from coming into existence, and who wants to do so, would prevent the existence of that evil.
  If there exists an omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good being, then no evil exists.
  Evil exists
(logical contradiction).

This argument is known as The Logical Problem of Evil.   Defenders of theism often argue against this point witth the Greater Good argument.

There the possibility that God knows what he’s doing. He is all-knowing, so he can see the bigger picture, while we can not. This is stated in Davies’ Introduction to Philosophy Pps 214 - 215.   The argument states that; “the evil we encounter could be something that god allows or brings about while aiming at a good end which can not be reached without it”#, God has his reasons, and he knows what he’s doing.   This argument is popular as a justification for god; the greater good, god works in mysterious ways.
.                     In Brian Davies Introduction to Religion, Davies states that Aquinas' theistic response to “The Problem of Evil” is that basically Evil is nonexistent and is in fact a lack of Good#....