problem of evil

question on reconciling the existence of evil with an omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent God
Thing philosophical_problem Q1062821
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problem of evil

Summary

problem of evil is a philosophical problem[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of philosophical_problem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (823 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • problem of evil's instance of is recorded as philosophical problem[3].
  • problem of evil's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119323970[4].
  • problem of evil's Commons category is recorded as Problem of evil[5].
  • problem of evil's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 55192[6].
  • problem of evil's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07dtf[7].
  • problem of evil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Problem of evil[8].
  • problem of evil's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/problem-of-evil[9].
  • problem of evil's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/problem-of-evil[10].
  • problem of evil's studied by is recorded as theodicy[11].
  • problem of evil's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as evil[12].
  • problem of evil's Catholic Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 05649a[13].
  • problem of evil's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as det_ondes_problem[14].
  • problem of evil's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778187809[15].
  • problem of evil's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Problem_of_evil[16].
  • problem of evil's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 악의 문제[17].
  • problem of evil's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778187809[18].
  • problem of evil's Kialo ID is recorded as 1960[19].

Why It Matters

problem of evil ranks in the top 5% of philosophical_problem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (823 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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