ÒHowever, while the
thesis that fallen angels are responsible for natural
evil is not clearly false, neither is it clearly
true. There is no positive evidence that such
beings exist and an argument based on their
existence cannot be highly cogent.
If the possibility that
natural evils stem from the free choice of an agent
other than man is disregarded on these grounds, then
neither man nor a free willed agent other than man
can be held accountable for natural evil. Therefore, the theist must attribute natural evil to the
direct action of God.Ó