The problem of evil in the world often raises many questions about God and whether he is actually omniscient, omnibenevolent, and omnipotent. If God is so good, how can his world be so bad? Many people have even deserted their faith because of the problem of evil. Take September 11 as an example. How could God let more than 3,000 innocent souls die if he is so divine? “The word 'theodicy', derived from the Greek words 'theos' (…showed first 75 words of 1095 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1095 total…with free-will as a result of his love for us. If God in fact does truly exist, we should not expect to know why everything good and bad happens, otherwise there would be no reason to have a 5 http://www.faithnet. freeserve.co.uk/astheodicyrevisionnotes.htm, Pelusa 2002. 6 http://www.faithnet. freeserve.co.uk/astheodicyrevisionnotes.htm, Pelusa 2002. God in the first place. I’ll end with a final thought: is free-will really worth all the suffering?