Rowe's evidential argument shows that even if natural evil had justification, the sheer scale of moral evil like genocide provides independent probabilistic evidence against theism.
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William Rowe is a philosopher famous for arguing that the existence of suffering in the world makes it hard to believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing God.
justification(Third condition of the tripartite account of knowledge)
The condition on a knower's belief that excludes mere luck — the belief must be held in a way that is appropriate or warranted, not merely accidentally correct.
natural evil(Used in the context of Job's suffering and Eliphaz's attempt to explain it through moral responsibility.)
Suffering or harm experienced by a person, as distinct from moral evil caused directly by human agency.
theism(Distinguished from monotheism as a weaker claim about the number of divine beings.)