There is too much suffering and injustice for there to be a god

Keywords: God, Evil, Suffering.

Summary

Evil is often synonymous with undeserved and unjust suffering: the victims who die in terrorist attacks or concentration camps, the victims of natural disasters, and so on.

Throughout history, we have seen innocent victims, not only of misfortunes brought about by human will (wars, genocide, crimes etc.), but also of misfortunes deriving from natural forces (tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, epidemics etc.).

So not only is man a wolf to man, but nature spares no one, and both the just and the unjust are struck down. This shows an indifferent universe, following its own course and obeying implacable laws. There is no room in this configuration for a God of love or mercy, concerned with human beings and their destiny, which is subject to chance.

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Justifications

• Human life is absurd
• The suffering of the innocent contradicts God's goodness
• Animal suffering is unjust
• History has no meaning
• Nature is cruel
• God's representatives on earth don't always lead by example
• The suffering of newborn babies is unfair

Objections

• God is not all-powerful
• God permits evil because of freedom
• God needs conflict to advance his plan in history
• God did not create evil, which exists from all eternity.
• God, in evolution, needs conflict to become self-aware
• Evil is due to a cosmic accident unforeseen by God
• Evil is an illusion
• The existence of evil is the punishment inflicted by God
• Our world is the best of all possible worlds
• Evil contributes to a greater good
• God is not good
• Man does not have to judge God
• The existence of evil is a mystery
• Natural evil allows God to communicate a message to mankind
• The harm suffered in this life will be compensated for in the afterlife.
• The definition of God in this debate does not imply any morality

Parent debate

• Does God exist?