Nothing Actually Goes Wrong

One of the ideas we discussed in class was the idea that evil can exist despite an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent God because it stems from humans giving in to temptation.  Thus, even though God does indeed have a flawless plan, humans mess with the plan by way of their weak willpower.  As valid as this idea may seem, however, upon closer inspection one can detect a very large hole in it - namely, that if something as simple as a human's inability to resist the urge to commit a sin can mess with God's plan, then God cannot possibly be omnipotent.  If he was, he could (and would, if he was also omnibenevolent) come up with a better, foolproof, humanproof plan.

Thus, we cannot attribute such terrible happenings as unjust wars, serial murders, animal abuse, or terrorist bombings to humanity's giving in to temptation.  Instead, we must accept that nothing actually goes wrong with God's plan.  Either one can take this as evidence of God's non-existence, God's lack of either omnipotence or omnibenevolence, or human fallibility.  Perhaps the apparent contradiction of the existence of evil and the existence of God is not actually a contradiction at all - we simply do not possess the capacity to understand how this can be so.  Which explanation we accept depends entirely upon the individual.