Freedom, God, and Evil in the World

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@Patrick

It shouldn’t have any weight, as it is just my opinion that there is no God and there is too much evil in the world. And the world, nor nature really doesn’t care what my opinion is.

What is entertaining about this is that you’ve presented all the pieces required to show this is a self-defeating argument.

1. You say that there is evil in the world for their to be a God.

2. You describe a perfect world as one where their is freedom, and therefore evil.

3. Ergo, you conclude there is no God because God made world that fits your description of a perfect world.

Maybe you are justified in your atheism, but not for this reason. Moreover, one of the fundamental concerns of Scripture is giving an account for how evil enters the world, and the response of a good God to the evil we find here. It seems that story must be engaged to know if evil really is a challenge to God or not.