beans and liver for dinner can be considered evil. Premiss (3) depends on how the word evil is being defined. The Judeo-Christian definition of evil is anything done by one of god's spirits beings against him or his created beings. This definition provided by the Judeo-Christian religion proves that God, himself, is never responsible for evil. It is God's spirited beings that are held responsible and control evil. This proves that God is still an all-PKG being because he is not responsible for the evil placed on the universe he created.Going back to premiss (3) of the argument from evil, Sober states that evil exists. Once again evil must be clarified. We must ask the question: what actions are considered evil? If killing is considered evil then death is a cause of evil. Yet death is required for the beings on earth to survive. If the created beings of god did not die then the carbon on earth would be regulated only to the living beings; this in turn would cause the loss of photosynthesis. Without photosynthesis no oxygen will be produced causing all beings on earth to expire. So death and killing are a necessity on earth, and evil is not. This means that death and killing cannot be considered evil because evil is not a necessity and death and killing are. If death and killing are not considered evil, then what is? Inflicting pain must surely be evil. Inflicting pain is putting your hand near a fire or poking someone with something sharp. If god took away pain because it was evil then the beings on earth would definitely not survive. Say for example you put your hand close to the flame of a candle; you quickly would move your hand away because the extreme heat would cause pain. If you were not able to feel pain then you would not move your hand away. Not moving your hand away can result in a loss of skin and deformation of your hand, which is not a good outcome. This proves that pain is necessary and as with death a...
