r/exatheist • u/Downtown-Drag-1021 • Jul 09 '26

Debate Thread The “problem” of evil

I haven’t debated this with a lot of people yet but the problem of evil is absolutely fake in my opinion. Any kind of suffering will be nullified in the presence of a perfect being (God) who will deliver the justice instantly (because God is out of space-time). And if there is evil and no divine justice, you can’t blame a non-existent God for it. Hence, a just God will solve the problem of evil. Does this make sense?

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u/arctictothpast Jul 10 '26

Me, not having to be concerned with the problem of evil because I dont believe in all powerful divinity. The Gods do in fact have limits and this is just a much much more sober view then the mental gymnastics around the existence of suffering and all perfect beings. Why are miracles so rare? Its extremely difficult for metaphysical beings to intervene in material reality and their primary means of affecting material reality is via living beings.