Article review of J.L Mackie of The Problem of Evil



Article review of J.L Mackie of The Problem of Evil

Introduction

J. L. Macknie in his article states that one of the most common difficulties against the existence of God, and particularly against His Providence, is the existence of evil in the world. There are those who solve it by simply denying the existence of God, but wrongly, because the existence of God is clearly proven, and the difficulty of reconciling this with the existence of evil does not give the right to question it.

Thesis Statement: How do you reconcile the existence of God with the existence of evil? Here's the problem.

Discussion

J.L. Mackie discusses that there are also those who assumed that, the principle of good, there is an evil to be evil principle, and independent from Him and to Him the contrary, the land would be the theater of the struggle between these two first principles. But even this solution ( of many of old Manicheans, etc..) is equally erroneous, because you cannot give a being who depends on God, which is necessarily unique source and creator of all.

Others, then, while acknowledging the existence of God, have denied Providence, asserting that God does not care about the world, having left to itself the work of his hands. This solution also erroneous as contrary to divine attributes, especially His love for the creatures, love is the only reason for creation.

Physical evil is due to the essence of finite things that make up the universe and the normal and ordinary course of nature's laws. Not so repugnant to God, as repugnant to the pain that accompanied the physical evil soles; make the man, and generally the animal is sensitive to noxious agents is often providential means for the preservation of life in nature, the ...