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means The philosophical puzzle of how an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good God can coexist with the suffering and evil that actually exist in the world.

from The core challenge traces back to the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, who posed it as a logical trilemma: God is either willing to prevent evil but not able, able but not willing, both able and willing (so why does evil exist?), or neither. The phrase itself — 'problem of evil' — is a later philosophical label, formalized especially in Enlightenment-era theology and philosophy as thinkers like Leibniz and Hume wrestled with reconciling divine goodness and human suffering. The term 'theodicy,' meaning a defense of God's justice in the face of evil, comes from Greek 'theos' (god) and 'dike' (justice), and names the various attempted answers to this ancient question.