The Problem With Theism
Date Submitted: 11/16/2004 21:05:11
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 5 pages (1350 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 5 pages (1350 words)
A theist is a person whose belief in God is based upon three premises. The
three premises are: God is omnipotent, God is wholly good, and evil exists.
However, many people are skeptical to this belief, claiming that an
omnipotent and wholly good God would not allow evil to exist. One such
person is John Mackie, who allows the contradiction between these premises
to be seen much clearer by adding two additional premises which connect …
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…the existence of a benevolent being as is being contented. Thus, the problem
of evil remains a problem for the theist because to contend that God is
omnipotent, God is wholly good, and evil exists is a contradiction. As
Mackie states the only solution to this problem is to deny at least one of the
propositions on which the theists base their belief, which is a problem to
which the theists can not adequately respond.
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