Religious believers sometimes argue that evil is necessary to achieve a greater good. Critics respond to this by claiming that
A. any suffering we experience in this life will be more than compensated in an afterlife.
B. there is much more evil in the world than is needed to achieve any greater good.
C. there is no evil in the world; it is an illusion.
D. evil is the absence of good.
Answer: B
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