3.1.9

Question 0

How evil and suffering cause people to question or reject belief in God:

Answer 0

If God is omnipotent, he must be able to remove evil and suffering from the world.

If God is omni-benevolent, he must want to remove evil and suffering from the world.

If God exists their should be no evil or suffering in the world.

As their is evil and suffering in the world, either God is not good or he does not exist.

Question 1

Why evil and suffering may lead to agnosticism or atheism:

Answer 1

Moral evil is caused by humans using their free will. Wars and crimes such as rape are moral evil.

Natural evil is suffering that has not been caused by humans. Earthquakes, floods and cancer result in lots of human suffering yet they are not caused by humans.