The issue of the problem of evil is not as much as with free will is the nature if god is omni-benevolent. A real omni-benevolent deity would not allow such suffering to exists. He would intervene just as any compassionate human being would. A major issue with the Christian god is primary with the fact that the promises of peace and security offered by Jesus simply is not existent. Thus a sort of cognitive dissonance is required, and justification to maintain the belief that prayer and “good” will prevail. You just have to simply look at World War II and you will see the issues of this idea of omni-benevolence. One cannot fathom how much neglect you have to perform to allow that major conflict to rage to that degree. A simple appearing and saying hey, quit being dumb would have sufficed.
So the problem of evil is not a question of interfering with free-will. It has more to do with the lack of moral guidance, with the apparent need for first hand help, instead of passive set of very vague rules. One cannot simply ignore the fact that the reality of the god of the bible does not fit into the reality of the world. So either the bible has the character of god wrong, or god has an ulterior motive that is not as noble as it appears.
So the problem of evil is not a question of interfering with free-will. It has more to do with the lack of moral guidance, with the apparent need for first hand help, instead of passive set of very vague rules. One cannot simply ignore the fact that the reality of the god of the bible does not fit into the reality of the world. So either the bible has the character of god wrong, or god has an ulterior motive that is not as noble as it appears.
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I would be a televangelist....but I have too much of a soul.
