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Question 24 8 pts Which of the following statements from the readings (Voltaire, Hume, and Mackie) best expresses the logical idea that is is at the core of the logical problem of evil? In what respect, then, do [God's] benevolence and mercy resemble the benevolence and mercy of men? O The problem of evil... is a logical problem, the problem of clarifying and reconciling a number of beliefs: it is not a scientific problem that might be solved by further observations, or a practical problem that might be solved by a decision or an action. OBut how conceive a God, the source of love, Who on man lavished blessings from above, Then would the race with various plagues confound Can mortals penetrate His views profound? o [If] a good omnipotent thing eliminates evil completely. . . . then the propositions that a good omnipotent thing exists, and that evil exists, are incompatible.

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The last statement in fact reinforces this fact. Since years, ever since the debate has surfaced, it has been seen that logical problem of evil has challenged the faith of believers. The existence of suffering in the world seems to pose a challenge to the belief in existence of perfect God. If god were omnipotent and solver of all problems, then how could evil prevail in the world is the argument against this. In the given statement as well that if omnipotent eliminates the evil completely, then the proposition that both co-exist is contradictory in itself.

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