The Problem of EvilThomas Aquinas wrote his great Summa Theologica that he could find only two objections to the existence of God. One of the two objections is the apparent ability of natural science to explain everything in our experience without God, and the other is the Problem of Evil. It is the underlying question for the biblical Book of Job: why does God allow bad things happen to good people? That question, more than any other, has caused religious people to abandon their faith.In a well-developed, argumentative essay, address the following issues:In your own words, explain the “Problem of Evil.” In other words, regardless of what you personally believe, if there is a God who is all-powerful, all-knowing, and concerned with justice and the well-being of humanity, explain how there can be so much evil and suffering in the world.Next, pursue as far as you can the responses and objections to one of the various attempts in the textbook to resolve the problem of evil. Explain in what ways it resolves the problem of evil AND in what ways it does not. (If you can’t figure out how to start, a good way of doing this is to have a friend act as devil’s advocate and try to refute your efforts to defend a solution to the problem.)Note: Be careful not to commit a formal fallacy like the one in this example. This argument has an undistributed middle term.E→F       The origin of evil is free will.G→F       God created free will.___________________________________∴G→E    Therefore, God is the origin of evil.Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence. Your essay must follow APA formatting and should be 500-750 words long.If you quote, paraphrase, or summarize from the textbook or any other source, you must include in-text citations and a References page.Grading Criteria AssignmentsMaximum PointsMeets or exceeds established assignment criteria40Demonstrates an understanding of lesson concepts20Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts30Mechanics, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, APA formatting.10Total100

Monitoring Your Program or Policy With your action plan already in place, the next step is to analyze whether your intervention provides solutions to the problems you seek to solve. Continuing with the Fictionland scenario, this week you will prepare a presentation that describes how you will monitor your program or policy and discusses your research design plan. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation highlighting your process evaluation strategy for monitoring the implementation of your program or policy. Outline your process evaluation strategy by deciding how you will monitor the following dimensions of your program or policy: Targets Program staff or individuals responsible for implementing the program or policy Demonstrate how the monitoring plan will evaluate the intervention’s impact, performance, and efficiency. You must come up with at least two questions per dimension that will allow you to measure whether the critical elements of the program or policy have been implemented properly. Specify the Research Design Specify the design of your program or policy to analyze whether it provides solutions to the problems presented in the project scenario for the Fictionland Police Department. Be sure to complete all assigned readings for the week, including the pdf documents. Include the answers to the following questions in your report: Among the many possible design approaches, which design will you employ?  Why do you consider this to be the best design for your study? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the approach you have selected? Are there any potential complicating factors that you can anticipate?