Philosophy / Unit 3 Philosophy 0120 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Logical Problem of Evil
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The idea
The logical problem of evil: an omnipotent, perfectly good God would prevent all evil; evil exists; therefore no such God exists.
In practice
The claim is stark: the three propositions cannot all be true together—one must go, and evil is the one we can see.
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