PHL 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Omnipotence, Logical Truth
6 May 2019
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Problem of evil is one that concerns someone who believes that there is a god who is both omnipotent and wholly good. God is omnipotent, god is wholly good, yet evil exists. Inconsistent, for is any two were true, the third would be false. Problem can be resolved if you are willing to give up any one component. Many claim that evil is an illusion, because our temporal world is an illusion, and that what we call evil pertains only to our temporal world. Other say that what we call evil is merely the privation of good, not opposed to it. Disorder is harmony not understood, and partial evil is universal good. However, those who say that evil is an illusion may also be thinking that this illusion itself is an evil. Those who say that evil is merely privation of good may also think that privation of good is an evil.
