Thoughts on the Epicurean paradox This thread would be easier to deal with if you had posted the Epicurean paradox, for reference.
For reference, it goes like this.
- Evil exists.
- Therefore...
and it ends with a statement that any God tolerates evil.
The solution is simple - it is a false premise.
Evil does not exist.
If we assume there is a God, then God decides what is good for God.
People have their own opinions about what is good and evil - for them. The Epicurean paradox, then, boils down to - "Daddy, why can't I just have everything I want, all the time?"
God, not you, would be the moral center of the universe. God, not you, would be good. You would, in fact, according to normal religious philosophy, be a sinner, or evil. So, any "evil" happening to you would just be Evil, happening to itself, which would be just, so it would be good.
If there is a moral center to the universe, God in that sense, all is good, there is no evil, and so these words don't mean much. If there isn't, then these words also don't mean much.