One question preoccupied Augustine from the time he was a student in Carthage: why does evil exist in the world? He returned to this question again and again in his philosophy, a line of inquiry motivated by personal experience. Augustine lived in an era when...
The Problem of Evil Doctor Ed Martin is the co-chair of the department of Philosophy at Liberty University and he’s an expert in the specific area of the problem of evil. There is one major argument against God’s existence that’s been raised really from the...
This essay will consider the question: ‘Does Evil and Suffering prove that God does not exist?’ The inconsistent triad, first laid down by Epicurus, is often used as a logical refutation of God’s existence. In response, many theodicies have been created, in order to reconcile...