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The problem of evil - Essay stem and revision

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This resource is an OCR A Level Religious Studies essay structure/stem that I memorised and used for my A level exams to write full 40-mark exam answers. It provides a flexible but high-level framework for constructing balanced essays, including clear argument development, use of key scholars, and structured evaluation across key topics such as ethics and philosophy of religion. The structure is designed to help students consistently achieve top band marks by providing a clear method for evaluation and integration of key theories and thinkers. This resource is ideal for revision, essay planning, and exam technique, and can be adapted to multiple OCR A Level Religious Studies 40-mark questions.

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The problem of evil
40 marks
OCR A-level religious studies




The problem of evil presents a huge challenge to the monotheistic belief in an all-powerful
and all-loving god. This problem is one of logic and of evidence; the existence of evil is
incompatible with the existence of a Judeo-Christian god, or a god worthy of worship.

The world is full of evil, evident through natural disasters and the suffering of innocent
people, however this is inconsistent with the belief in an omnibenevolent omniscient and
omnipotent God; this God would not want humans to suffer, would know of all the evil that
exists, and would be powerful enough to stop it. Atheists believe there is a fault in the logic
behind the belief in a Judeo-Christian God - this is called the logical problem of evil. The

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