Argument:
What appears to human beings to be evil is merely the necessary by-product of the nature of things. If we could see things from the point of view of God we would understand their purpose and accept them as ultimately good.
Objections:
- This argument merely evades the question by pronouncing it unanswerable in our present state of existence. It is the equivalent of the parental "You'll understand when you grow up."
- This argument is non-Biblical, in that it ignores the fact the Scriptures clearly present early death, disease, earthquakes, and other disasters as evils which are inflicted on sinners.
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