In order to show God does not exist, it is the atheist who has the burden of proof to show that God would have no good reasons to permit evil. And given the limitations of human knowledge of the universe, this means that such a burden of proof simply can’t be met. Since we can imagine some good reasons God may have to allow evil, and we recognize that we can’t fully understand the goods that can emerge in other times and places as a result of allowing evil to exist, the theist is not in a position where he must give up belief in God in the face of evil. Of course, the problem of reconciling
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