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    It is not the case that The cause of all evil in the world is man, not God

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Natural evils such as earthquakes, disease, and famine occur independently of human action or moral choice.
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    • 2.A God who designed a world with such natural evils built into its structure bears causal responsibility for those evils.
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    • 3.Therefore, the claim that God made all things right is incompatible with the existence of natural evil regardless of human conduct.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.If God is omniscient, God foreknew that humans would produce evil prior to creating them.
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    • 2.A being who deliberately creates agents it foresees will cause suffering is not fully absolved of responsibility for that suffering.
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    • 3.Rousseau's own theodicy, which similarly locates evil in human institutions, was challenged by Voltaire after Lisbon precisely on the grounds that structural creation entails structural culpability.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God made all things right
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    • 2.Evil and injustice exist in the world
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    • 3.Therefore evil must originate from human action, not divine creation
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