(September 21, 2014 at 5:02 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The problem of evil as proposed by theologians and philosophers exists because of belief in god. The question is why would god allow evil. Without god the existence of evil is not a riddle, just a natural occurrence and the only real question is what should we do about it. Saying wouldn't it be nice if god accounted for it in the next life, is just lazy. Much better to deal with it here and now.
I think it's part of dealing with the here and now to acknowledge there is wisdom behind it all.
