![]() ![]() That is, based upon the common conceptions of goodness and benevolence derived from human experience, an all good and all powerful God cannot be reconciled with the fact of suffering in the world. Using three fictional characters-Demea, Cleanthes and Philo-who are debating the problem the evil, Hume indeed seeks to show that one cannot demonstrate that God is all good and all powerful using human experience and human understanding alone. In chapter ten of his book Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume discusses the problem of evil. These conclusions, however, were not advocated by the eminent 18th century philosopher, David Hume. For many people this problem provides sufficient grounds for them to reject belief in God altogether, or at the very least to confess that while there may be a God, He is not really worth believing in. Simply stated: if God is all good and all powerful, how can He allow evil and suffering to exist in the world? God’s allowance of evil and suffering does not seem to make sense in the light of human experience and human conceptions of goodness and justice. ![]() The problem of evil is one of the most famous and enduring problems in the philosophy of religion. ![]()
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