Epicurus riddle.

[Mudhammam]

Chad, in short, I disagree that the Problem of Evil is making an emotional appeal. The formulation attributed to Epicurus is deductive, insofar as we define God with certain attributes, a conclusion about the type of world such a God would be reasonably expected to sustain follows. And this conclusion contradicts experience. And if the believer wants to argue for a theodicy, they must demonstrate by way of induction that it is simpler and more evident than the conclusion Epicurus draws. I have not seen that (I can't imagine how that could even be possible, short of direct, persuasive revelation... I would not count the Old or New Testaments as being such).