This world is subject to great acts of goodness but also to great acts of evil. These acts have extreme significance on both sides, as evidenced by kindly helping one's neighbor build a fence and, conversely, descending to the point of burnt offering. It appears that both parties are acting of their own accord. Evil and good can also occur in seemingly undirected ways, such as finding a giant bag of money on the ground or having your town destroyed by a tornado. The state of the world is such that there are good and bad acts, regardless of why they occur. The problem of evil arises in the belief, or to go further, in the possibility of a god O3. That is to say, an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent god. The defined omniscient god inherently knows everything that happens in the universe, the omnipotent god has the implied power to change anything in the universe, and the omnibenevolent god has the intrinsic and ultimate intention to do good to all. humanity in any situation. The conflict arises as follows: how can an O3 god, one who has the knowledge, power, and intent to seek the best interests of humanity, allow suffering on the scale we have experienced throughout of human existence? How can this O3 god exist in the wake of terrible human atrocities and planet-caused natural disasters that cost so many lives? How can all the evil in the world be reconciled with a god defined as representing all that is good, just and loving? Can an O3 god even be possible? The great Gottfried Leibniz, part-time inventor of calculus and part-time developer of Western philosophy, published an essay on this subject attempting to rectify the apparent contradiction. This theodicy (a term coined by Leibniz, essentially meaning an excuse for God. Having the need... middle of paper...anity at its peak. Death and illness are part of the plan, but we I don't cannot accept it, because true benevolence and senseless death contradict each other. Nor can I have confidence in something of which we have no knowledge and which we will never achieve. god O3 is logical. Works citedLeibniz, Gottfried. God, evil and the best of all possible worlds. Ed. Perry, Fischer P. 94-5. . Dialogue on good, evil and the existence of God. Philosophy, classic and contemporary readings. Ed. Perry, Bratman, Fischer P. 96-119. God on trial Dir. Antony Sher, Rupert Graves. , Jack Shepherd., 2008.