The ‘root cause’ of the problem of evil question.

Is a misplaced sense of entitlement.

The ‘problem of evil’ is only a problem if we believe God to be obligated to meet our expectations of an existence free of challenge, loss, pain, or suffering. If, in fact, we are entitled to an existence free of these things, then God is not good (and therefore by definition, does not exist).

If we are NOT entitled to these things, however, then the fact that we experience adversity, loss, pain, or suffering is irrelevant to the question of God’s existence.

Root Page: The Problem of Evil