id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-326 Problem of evil - Wikipedia .html text/html 19416 2402 70 The problem of evil is the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God.[1][2] The best known presentation is attributed to the Greek philosopher Epicurus by David Hume, who was responsible for popularizing it. The theory of karma refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect).[90] The problem of evil, in the context of karma, has been long discussed in Indian religions including Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism, both in its theistic and non-theistic schools; for example, in Uttara Mīmāṃsā Sutras Book 2 Chapter 1;[91][92] the 8th-century arguments by Adi Sankara in Brahmasutrabhasya where he posits that God cannot reasonably be the cause of the world because there exists moral evil, inequality, cruelty and suffering in the world;[93][94] and the 11th-century theodicy discussion by Ramanuja in Sribhasya.[95] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-326.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-326.txt