(1) An all-powerful God could prevent evil from existing in the world
(2) An all-good God would want to prevent evil from existing in the world
(3) Evil exists in the world.
Therefore, an all-powerful and all-good God cannot exist.
Adherence to the Problem of Evil admits in premise (2), that evil is wrong and should be destroyed from the world.
It is repulsive to many that God would send anyone to Hell. By attempting to use the Logical Problem of Evil it is admitted that an all-powerful and all-good God would want to destroy evil from the world.
Allow me state an additional argument reusing premise (2). Lets call this An Argument for Hell:
(2) An all-good God would want to prevent evil from existing in the world
(4) There are people in the world who are evil.
Therefore, God would remove them from the world.
(2) An all-good God would want to prevent evil from existing in the world
(4) There are people in the world who are evil.
Therefore, God would remove them from the world.
How would he remove them? Something called: Hell. A complete separation from God.
If someone attempts to use the Logical Problem of Evil AND they think it is true that there are evil people in the world, then an all-powerful and all-good God would remove these evil people.
I am convinced by Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense that the Problem of Evil is not a logical problem. But assuming one hasn't decided whether the Logical Problem of Evil is true, they might see that the premises of the Logical Problem of Evil lead to a doctrine of Hell, not the opposite.
In conclusion, this post isn't that relevant because anyone who holds to the Logical Problem of Evil, doesn't care whether God would send people to Hell because they have already decided that an all-loving and all-powerful God could not exist to send people to Hell. Still it could be an interesting discussion for some (maybe).
I am convinced by Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense that the Problem of Evil is not a logical problem. But assuming one hasn't decided whether the Logical Problem of Evil is true, they might see that the premises of the Logical Problem of Evil lead to a doctrine of Hell, not the opposite.
In conclusion, this post isn't that relevant because anyone who holds to the Logical Problem of Evil, doesn't care whether God would send people to Hell because they have already decided that an all-loving and all-powerful God could not exist to send people to Hell. Still it could be an interesting discussion for some (maybe).
