Evil as Evidence FOR God's Existence

In a striking reversal of atheism's strongest argument, Keller demonstrates how the problem of evil actually points toward God rather than away from Him. He exposes the hidden assumption in the atheist position: 'If our minds can't plumb the depths of the universe for good answers to suffering... this is blind faith of a high order.' Furthermore, our outrage over injustice presupposes an objective moral standard that atheism cannot provide. As C.S. Lewis realized after years of atheism, 'If you are sure this natural world is unjust... you are assuming some extra-natural standard.' The key phrase here is that evil requires a standard of good to be recognized as evil. Keller illustrates this with the example of how we instinctively know child abuse is wrong—not just culturally unacceptable, but objectively evil—which points to a transcendent source of moral truth.