If there is a philosophical question that will be debated over until the end of time, it will be the existence of god. In debating the existence of god, we must consider all arguments for and against whether or not god exists. The most commonly debated argument when arguing against god is the problem of evil. Evil is defined as the existence of human pain and suffering. If there is a god, and this god …showed first 75 words of 686 total…

…showed last 75 words of 686 total…must be beings who are capable of freely loving Her and following Her will without coercion. Love or obedience on any other basis would not be love or obedience at all, it would be compliance. We would be robots repeating “I love you, I love you, I love you” over and over for eternity. Certainly, God is capable of destroying evil--but not without destroying human freedom, or a world in which free creatures can function.