Aug
21
2008
John Frame On The Problem Of Evil
Over at Between Two Worlds, Andy Naselli posts an interview he conducted with my former teacher John Frame.
In answer to a question about the whether or not the problem of evil is as equally problematic for atheists as it is theists, Frame answers:
In order to formulate the problem, atheists have to use the concepts “good” and “evil,” which make no sense in their system. If good and evil are just names for our feelings of approval or descriptions of the pleasure that comes from various events, then there is no reason to assume that God would produce only good and avoid all evil. So, as some have said, if believers have a problem with evil, unbelievers have a problem with both good and evil. For on the unbelieving view, there is neither good nor evil in an objective sense. Still, it is legitimate, I think, for atheists to question whether the Christian faith is consistent within itself. Whatever the unbeliever may think about good and evil, he has a right to ask how the Christian concept of good and evil is consistent with the Christian view of God.
Read the whole thing here.