Parsons considers the concept of God in which three things are required to be true: 1. God is perfectly good; 2. God is all-powerful; and 3. God does not prevent the existence of natural and moral evil. But according to Parsons, "these three claims seem to form a derivative concept of God."

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Parsons does not argue that these three claims form a derivative concept of God; rather, this formulation is commonly associated with the problem of evil, which challenges the consistency of believing in a God who is all-powerful, all-good, and yet allows evil to exist. Parsons' work primarily focuses on philosophical arguments and critiques, including discussions on theism and atheism, but the specific formulation here is a classic formulation of the problem of evil rather than a "derivative concept of God" as proposed by Parsons.

Parsons Considers the Concept of God in Which Three Things