English Explanatory Dictionary

problem of evil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The argument that an omnipotent and truly benevolent deity would not permit evil; the challenge that the existence (or apparent existence) of evil poses for theology.

Word forms

problem of evil

Related words

theodicy
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