As far as the problem of moral injustice is concerned (the problem of evil is a moderately different animal), moral injustice - when viewed in light of the supposed existence of a just god - is incoherent. Viz, supposing that god could have created a world in which there is NO moral injustice (and could have done so without violating free will), there is no logical justification for god not having done so, give the other attributes commonly associated with god.
Further, if god is the source of moral justice (and he is, just ask Augustine), then the creation of lesser creatures than himself who are able to act in a morally unjust fashion is likewise incoherent.
The problem gets worse if god is posited NOT to be the source of moral justice, but simply the arbiter of it. In such a case, god becomes capricious (and, one could even argue, insanely cruel) and any moral injustice done becomes the inevitable result.
While the existence of moral injustice isn't by itself sufficiently compelling to reject the existence of the god of Abraham, it does, when viewed along side of the other problems inherent in the definition of this particular god, become highly problematic for the theist.
Boru
Further, if god is the source of moral justice (and he is, just ask Augustine), then the creation of lesser creatures than himself who are able to act in a morally unjust fashion is likewise incoherent.
The problem gets worse if god is posited NOT to be the source of moral justice, but simply the arbiter of it. In such a case, god becomes capricious (and, one could even argue, insanely cruel) and any moral injustice done becomes the inevitable result.
While the existence of moral injustice isn't by itself sufficiently compelling to reject the existence of the god of Abraham, it does, when viewed along side of the other problems inherent in the definition of this particular god, become highly problematic for the theist.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
