The Problem of Evil and a personal God

The Problem of Evil and a
personal benevolent God

An argument against the existence of a personal God

Why is there evil in the creation of a omnibenevolent God?

Examples of evil in God's creation:

(1) suffering, pain, and death in animals. An animals feel terror, fear, pain.
Animals have the same neurons and many of the same brain structures as the human animal.
Click: Vegetarianism and the pervasiveness of pain and suffering and death.

(2) diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, genetics, old age, etc., etc.
Millions of good, evil, and innocent people (men, women, children, babies)
suffer intensely and for a torturous duration and die because of these.
Cancer, when seen under a microscope is very beautiful to see - a work of beauty in appearance.

(3) natural disasters - earthquakes, tsunami, tornadoes, hurricanes, plague, draughts.
Devastations that result in ideal conditions for disease because of lack of healthy
water supplies. Why in a world for which God is ultimately responsible are there
natural disasters that kill millions of innocent people?

(4) hell. The Christian God (Jesus) continually sends most of the people to an
endless hell of torment and agony because they do not claim Jesus is God.
The Muslim and other gods also send unbelievers to a bad place.
If more than 1 of these religions is true then everyone goes to this bad place.

You would think an all-knowing God would be able to create a world where
animals don't have to live by eating each other just to survive. The animal creation is
"red in tooth and claw" -- blood and horror for the innocent victims.

The above evidence suggests very strongly that there is no loving God.
Mankind, obviously does not have a special place in God's creation to
suffer the above. If, as some say, God is incapable of evil, he is neither
moral, immoral; he is amoral. God is an unnecessary entity in a discussion
of morality.

Evidence indicates that there is no personal God that is especially merciful
and caring of people, other animals, or plants.

In the Bible there are verses saying that the source of evil is the God of the Bible. Here is one of the verses:
Isaiah 45:7*: 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].

There is also so much of life that is good, and most people have the desire and
willingness to promote the good and improve on it. To make the only life
we know enjoyable. God, if there is one; and nature don't care.

Some say that people that are lame are like that for the glory of God.
Having an innocent, undeserving person, born disabled, often in a most horrible,
torturous and enduringly painful way, shows the Glory of God.
It is, therefore a Godly thing. The Bible supports this view
(see Bible verses by using the link at the bottom of this page).
Some prominent people that espouse this view is the Pope and
was Mother Theresa.

How absolutely absurd!
How absolutely Evil!
In actuality it shows the exact opposite.
It shows not the Glory of God, BUT the imperfection of this God.

It may not be a nice thing to say, but if only the abled people that
say that suffering and disabilities show the Glory of God and is Godly
were suffering, disabled.