Natural Evil

Jason Rosenhouse has posted on the problem of evil and evolution. Among the commentary was this significant statement:

You can't discount natural evil as the result of human sin, because natural evil long predates human sin. You can't argue that natural evil is necessary for “soul-making” (as John Hick has argued) because natural evil long predates creatures with souls. You can't argue that natural evil is necessary for humans to obtain moral knowledge (as Richard Swinburne has argued) because natural evil long predates the existence of moral agents. You might be able to tweak these arguments to account for evolution, but the fact that tweaking is necessary shows that evolution adds something to the problem.

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Just another nail in the coffin of the apologists.