

29. Religion / F. Problem of Evil / 4. Natural Evil

[possible explanations of why natural disasters occur]

10 ideas
God is responsible for the good things, but we must look elsewhere for the cause of the bad things [Plato]
If God foresaw evil he would presumably prevent it, and if he only foresees some things, why those things? [Sext.Empiricus]
If we ask whether God's works are perfect, we must not take a narrow viewpoint, but look at the universe as a whole [Descartes]
If sin is not just physical, we don't consider God the origin of sin because he causes physical events [Berkeley]
If human beings performed the horrible actions that nature performs, they would be rightly punished [PG on Mill]
Natural disasters like famine can't be divine justice because their consequences are too indiscriminate [PG on Mill]
It is especially unfair that nature rewards those with benefits (health) and hurts those with disadvantages (poverty) [PG on Mill]
The only reasonable conclusion from the evidence is that God desires human misery [PG on Mill]
When we desire and believe in the possibility of justice in another world, we are admitting the injustice of this world [PG on Mill]
It is logically possible that natural evil like earthquakes is caused by Satan [PG on Plantinga]