Marilyn McCord Adams has articulated a fascinating argument against what she calls the Logical Problem of Horrendous Evils. She thinks that although Alvin Plantinga has solved the 'abstract' logical problem of evil, she does not think that the 'concrete' problem of evil can likewise be given the same solution because of what she calls horrendous evils. Horrendous evils are the types of evils that call into question whether or not a person who experiences such an evil has a life that is worth living (i.e. Holocaust, starvation, nuclear war, extreme sexual abuse, etc.). Her solution to the problem of horrendous evils involves drawing on the resources of Christian theism, namely, the Trinity and Incarnation. The following is a link to a summary outline by Thomas Senor of Adams' argument:
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