The problem of evil has been a consistent argument coming from both theists and atheists for ages. In this paper the argument will be examined from both sides, the article A Simpler Free Will Defense” will be summarized, and I will analyze the article and additionally explain why my side of the argument is correct. The question that stands is “if there is a God how does he let evil occur?” Is it that this God cannot prevent the evil, which goes against the typical theist view that God is omnipotent, or will he not prevent evil, which goes against the concept of an omnibenevolent God. In an excerpt from The Philosophers Way John Hick talks about how evil can be allowed while still having an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omnipresent God he
