What is Theodicy?

1. The basic argument for the non- existence of God from the existence of certain kinds of evils ask the question If God exist and is perfectly good, all powerful, and all knowing then why does evil exist? One of the man arguments that stem from this is the logical argument. The logical argument is

P#1:Either God exist or especially bad evils exist but not both.

P#2: Especially bad evils exist.

Conclusion: Therefore, God probably does not exist.

The two premises go off the theory that if God is a perfectly good, all powerful, and all knowing being then he would not allow especially bad evils to exist. Since especially bad evils do exist God cannot exist because if he did he would destroy these evils.For example the number sex trafficking incidents of women, men and children in the world is rising and this can be considered a especially bad evil. According to this argument if God existed he would not allow this evil to happen, but this evil does happen so that must mean that God probably does not exist.

P#1 God does not exist because sex trafficking happens.

P#2: If God did exist then he would stop sex trafficking.

P#3: Sex trafficking still exist.

Conclusion: God probably does not exist.

Another example for this argument is the pointless murders that we see around the world. In Flint michigan there are 64.9 murders for every 100,000 citizens. People are getting killed everyday there for no reason. According to the argument if God existed he would not allow these murders to happen.

P#1:God does not exist because pointless murders happen.

P#2: If God existed then pointless murders would not happen.

P#3: Pointless murders do happen.

Conclusion: Therefore God does not exist.