Existence of God and the Problem of Evil Throughout history atheists and theist alike, have argued to disprove or prove the existence of God. The atheist stands behind the argument that there is no way a supremely good God could allow evil to exist in our world because God allowing such evil to exist is converse to the character that theist have depicted God to be. Therefore, theists have found themselves defending the existence of …
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…and as such, evil is necessary for free will. Moral evil is caused by human free will and natural evil can be explained as a punishment for moral evil. Evil is necessary for free will because valuable sentiments such as tolerance and compassion can only exist if evil was experienced. Therefore, God does exist in a world where evil coexists. It is made possible by free will and free will is made possible by evil.