Another important angle is the critique of the free will defense, which posits that evil exists because God grants humans free will. James Sterba argues that traditional versions of this defense ...

Religion teaches that God is good, so why does God allow evil to exist? If God is powerful enough to create the world, why does He not stop evil and suffering? Is He not powerful enough?

There are two types of evil and suffering: This suggests that, because evil and suffering clearly exist in the world, either God does not exist or he cannot be omnibenevolent, omnipotent and ...