HOW AND WHY GOD CAN CO-EXIST WITH EVIL - PART 2

HOW GOD CAN CO-EXIST WITH EVIL 
(Defending the logical possibility of God's tolerance of evil)

1. Alvin Plantinga's free will defense:

It is God’s decision to endow his creations with morally significant free will which is crucial if He is to have a meaningful relationship with them and to enable them to do good and love one another. But, the natural consequence is that the moral choices afforded by such free will render the elimination of much of the evil and suffering in this world impossible. That is because our free will may be misused by us and lead us to make bad moral choices to hurt each other and hurt ourselves such that we actually deserve having the resultant misfortunes. So, you can't have free will without also having evil and suffering.

2. Dualism of Good and Evil:

Good and evil are like 2 sides of a coin. You can't have one without the other. They are necessary complementary opposites with God responsible for good and Satan responsible for evil.

3. Evil does not exist:

Evil as an entity does not exist. Like coldness, coldness as an entity does not exist but is a condition of varying degrees of absence of heat. Heat certainly exists as it is a form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted. So, evil is merely the absence or deficiency in goodness and therefore has nothing to do with God.

4. Karma:

This is the principle of causality where the future of an individual is influenced by his present intentions and actions. Good intentions and good actions give good karma leading to good future outcomes while the opposite leads to suffering and evil.