Cancer and the Problem of Evil

[Patrick]

@gbrooks9

It was not part of the question, it was not part of my analysis. And if the Professor started talking about it,
I would ask him to answer the question without bringing in Theodicy. My question deals purely with the
question of why someone would argue that God allows mutations to happen or not happen without any
regard to His plan for the End of Days to be precisely and exactly executed. The issue of any natural evil
that might arise from that is purely incidental to the basic question - - and should be dealt with separately,
at least in the discussion I’m working on.

Yes, as soon as one begins to argue that God allows mutations to happen or not happen, the problem of evil is staring you in the face. It can’t be avoided. Dance around it all you’d like, but it remains there front and center. It has nothing to do with atheism. All all-powerful, all-knowing gods have the Theodicy problem. It is not about YEC, anytime you add God to a natural process, the problem of evil arises automatically. You try to tip toe around it but it is not going to go away.