JOHN HICK’S THE PROBLEM OF EVIL I. John Hick discusses in his essay The Problem of Evil‚ the objections to the belief in the existence of God is the presence of evil in the world. He begins by posing the traditional challenge to theism in the form of the dilemma: That if God was perfectly loving‚ he must wish to abolish evil‚ and being all powerful‚ is able to perfectly do so as he will its. He then proceeds to present some views regarding this issue‚ giving insights from three point of views
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In Grace Janizen’s “Whose Problem Is the ‘Problem of Evil’”‚ she points out the philosophers spent too much trying to answer why God created a world with evil in it and not answering more important questions. She starts off by saying that people spend too much on the matter whether good is too God to create a world with evil in it. She also explains the type of people that try to explain evil in the world‚ the veil of soul-making who believe that evil helps people become a better person. The other
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The Problem of Evil is one of the most renowned arguments that provides the objection to the existence of God. According to this argument‚ if God exists and is all-powerful‚ all-knowing‚ and all-good‚ then there would be no evil in the world. However‚ the world is full of instances of evil and suffering‚ consequently indicating that an all-powerful‚ all-knowing‚ and all-good God does not exist. Within the context of this argument‚ evil can be defined as “ a state of affairs that creates pain‚ suffering
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from that of Augustine. One of the main arguments used by non-believers against the existence of God is the presence of evil and suffering in the world. The term ‘evil’ is often used to describe something that is morally wrong. Philosophers make a distinction between moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil results from human actions that are morally reproachable‚ and Natural evil results from the malfunctioning of the natural world‚ which produces entities such as disease and famine. St Augustine
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principles‚ the Ancients argued that morality and virtue play an influential role in both the private and public life and that a good and honest ruler must possess each. Socrates‚ the great Greek philosopher‚ claimed that as did Boethius who
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In The Consolation of Philosophy‚ the teacher Lady Philosophy and the student Boethius develop a relationship of learning through dialogue that enables the Boethian prisoner to attain his spiritual goal. Lady Philosophy is a good teacher. Instead of telling the philosophical truth directly to Boethius‚ she chooses to maintain a discussion between her and her student based on Boethius’s arguments. Through the discussion‚ Lady Philosophy at first finds out the errors of Boethius’s assumptions and
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educate Boethius (the prisoner) on what true fortune is. Then‚ I will critically compare his view of love with that of Plato. After lady philosophy slowly educate Boethius (the prisoner) on what true fortune is and what it should resemble‚ a discourse on the nature of love was given in the form of a poem. The examples and the lectures that lady philosophy used in explaining true fortune to Boethius (the prisoner) are drastically changing his view on the situation that he is in. Boethius’ (the author’s)
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does he let the good suffer and let the wicked continue to be evil? I feel as though I wanted to write you this letter to let you know that you are not alone and for you to hopefully find some comfort with some sort of answers. I have done some research on theories of why this is so and one struck me as something that I feel you could relate to and believe in. Boethius was a roman philosopher of the early sixth century. Boethius was born only four short years after Odoacer overthrew the last
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will of man‚ and the Origin of Evil"). Theodicy‚ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary‚ is a “defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.” David Hume‚ in his Dialogues concerning Natural Religion‚ quotes Epicurus‚ a Greek philosopher‚ as saying the following: “Is [God] willing to prevent evil‚ but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able‚ but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil? Is he neither able nor willing
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reason is the Problem of Evil a problem for religious believers? (9) Probably the most powerful reason against the existence of The Classical God of Theism (hereafter referred to as God) is evil and suffering in the world. The problem of evil is an ‘a posterori’ argument‚ established from experience based on empirical senses. It is also synthetic as evil and suffering can be seen around us daily. There are a number of possible reasons for the problem of evil and why it causes a problem for religious
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