is God still worthy of worship?

what are the arguments that God is still good, knowing he allowed the existence of evil?

• evil and suffering = the way things are

• evil = residue for potential to be good

  • still potential for goodness

• without evil = can’t recognise good

what are arguments that God is not good?

• started the process of ordering universe knowing he would be unable to control it

  • wouldn’t perform brain surgery without skills

• as process continues, evil increases

  • more freewill = more potential for good, but also more potential for bad

what are arguments that God is worthy of worship?

• God is the only being who can judge if ordering the world was worth the evil

• “God is the one being in a position to know the bitter as well as the sweet fruits”

• GRIFFIN = “Roth finds my God too small to evoke worship, I find his too gross”

• entities can have freewill

• WHITEHEAD = “fellow sufferer”

  • should be respected

what are arguments that God is not worthy of worship?

• by ordering the world, he has brought greater evil

• ROTH = no point worshipping a God who can’t save us

  • can’t stop Holocaust

• started ordering the universe knowing he couldn’t control it

  • wouldn’t perform brain surgery without skills

• God is responsible for evil

  • urged creation into a world where evil co-exists