powerful could allow suffering upon innocent people?” we must first analyze the problem of evil which is caused by humans and their freedom of choice with a past and future justification (Gottlieb). The Jewish believed they solved the problem of evil question by listing twelve explanations for suffering (Gottlieb). In past justification there is five explanations‚ the first one is someone can be nice to the outside world but evil behind closed doors (Gottlieb). For example a Jewish husband abuses his wife
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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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Augustinian Theodicy (25) A Philosophical theodicy demonstrates that God‚ being omnipotent‚ omniscient and omnibenevolent‚ has good reasons for occasionally allowing the continued existence of evil and suffering. It also demonstrates that the existence of evil and suffering provides greater benefits than the benefits of removing evil . St Augustine‚ 354 – 430 AD‚ based his arguments on the Bible; especially the accounts of the Creation and the Fall in Genesis. His influential theodicy rests upon
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t Augustine 354-430 CE‚ developed a theodicy in order to tackle the ‘Problem of Evil’‚ the seeming contradiction between God being omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent and there still being evil in the world. As a Christian‚ he believed that God had made everything that exists‚ and that at the moment of creation‚ everything was perfect‚ because ‘God saw all that he had made‚ and it was very good’ Genesis 1: 31. He therefore concluded that ‘evil is not a substance’; it is merely ‘Privatio Boni’ or privation
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Explain the theodicy of Irenaeus The Irenaean theodicy is a theory used to help justify the problem of evil. The problem of evil raises questions as to whether there is a God as he is supposed to be omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent‚ and omniscient. If God was all loving‚ all powerful and all knowing then why is there evil and suffering in the world? Irenaeus argues that it is necessary for there to be evil and suffering in the world; it is a necessary part of life as it will develop us morally and
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was able to trace the history of Theodicy also known as the question of why a benevolent god allows evil to exist. In his text Evil and the God of Love‚ Hick states that there are three major beliefs that exist; The Plotinian Theodicy‚ the Augustinian Theodicy‚ and the Irenaean Theodicy. John Hick however decides to focus a large part of his attention on the Augustinian and Irenaean Theodicy’s. While both have similar explanations to why God can exist with evil‚ Hick and other philosophers believe
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In 1710 German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz coined the phrase theodicy in his work titled Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God‚ the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil. The meaning of theodicy in its most common form‚ attempts to answer the question why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. Based on the issues that we face today in the world‚ it is fair to say that Gottfried Leibniz was far ahead of his time in his philosophy. More than I have ever experienced in my lifetime people
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To specify God’s reason for permitting evil or for creating a world that contained evil‚ this is sometimes called a theodicy‚ when perhaps evil is necessary‚ in some way‚ to the existence of good. God has created a world containing evil and has a good reason for doing so. Augustine tries to tell us what God’s reason is for permitting evil. He says‚ it’s that God can create a more perfect universe by permitting evil. The better universe need more mercy‚ moral standards and free. But the universe with
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directed at the abandonment of God‚ and it can only be stopped when the Jews recover their true faith in God. The final Jewish apocalypse author who attempts to create a theodicy for the Jewish people is the author of Daniel 8 and 9. In Daniel 8‚ Daniel has a vision of a battling goat and ram. The ram by the river represents the Persian Empire‚ while the goat in the west with one horn represents the Greek Empire. The two empires battle‚ and the goat becomes the victor. Then‚ from the single horn
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substantial argument known as ‘The Problem of Evil’ which contradicts the beliefs of theists. In this paper I will explain what the problem of evil is and how it works against the beliefs of the theist. In the latter half of this paper I will provide a reply to this problem involving free-will‚ to show theists that they shouldn’t fear the problem of evil and they have the right to continue to believe in the existence of god. In order to
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