As far as human actions go
EVIL is simply ill WILL.
Natural events are beyond
the control of individual
human will.
free will is the defining
human characteristic.
The only forbidden option
to man was defining good.
Whenever we attempt to
define good we make
ourselves "as God"
which was the lie
"promised" by
the serpent.
How is it possible for all of the following statements to be true at the same time:
(1) God is omnipotent (that is, all-powerful).
(2) God is omniscient (that is, all-knowing).
(3) God is perfectly good.
(4) Evil exists.
The existence of evil and suffering in our world seems to pose a serious challenge to belief in the existence of a perfect God.
If God were all-knowing, it seems that God would know about all of the horrible things that happen in our world. If God were all-powerful, God would be able to do something about all of the evil and suffering. Furthermore, if God were morally perfect, then surely God would want to do something about it. And yet we find that our world is filled with countless instances of evil and suffering. These facts about evil and suffering seem to conflict with the orthodox theist claim that there exists a perfectly good God. The challenged posed by this apparent conflict has come to be known as the problem of evil.
The "logic" of these kinds of arguments breakdown with the defining of good or evil.
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