Solving the seeming contradiction between a loving God and the reality of evil is usually referred to as a theodicy. A theodicy attempts to solve the apparent tensions in what is often termed the problem of evil. But the problem of evil is really a series of problems. Like many large problems‚ sometimes it is helpful to break them down into their components. Evil‚ you see‚ actually extends not only to the moral world but also to the natural world. When human beings do bad things to one another‚ this
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An all-knowing being would know evil exists. An all-loving being would want to prevent evil. An all-powerful being could prevent evil from existing‚ but yet evil still exist. Therefore it can be concluded an all-knowing being‚ an all-loving and all powerful being doesn’t exist. Philosopher Alvin Carl Plantinga put a proposition that is logically possible for a God to create a world that does contain evil. Further support for this claim comes from it as a world containing humans who are “significantly
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Chapter 7: The Nature of Divine Sovereignty (Conceptual Intelligibility) 7.1 Introduction. In this chapter‚ the author argues that God can still be sovereign without exercising exhaustive control over every detail of his divine project. 7.2 Types of Relationships. He lays out scenarios to demonstrate various kinds of interactions God could have with his creatures to show that God could enter into a manipulative relationship but it would not be a personal relationship with his creatures. And if God
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Critically assess‚ with reference to William James‚ the argument from religious experience. A religious experience is a subjective experience which is interpreted within a religious framework. Refer to cases where a person encounters God in a direct way. Otto said the central element of direct was an ‘apprehension of the wholly other’‚ called the numinous. This means the world that is beyond the physical observable universe in which we live. They are experiences of the wholly other; completely outside
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CHAPTER ONE BRIEF ANALYSIS OF Q{ATR AL-GHAITHIYYAH FI>< CILM AL-S{UFIYYAH CALA< SHARICAT AL- MUH{AMMADIYYAH (DROPS OF RAIN CONCERNING THE SCIENCE OF S{U<FISM IN THE MUH{AMMADAN DISPENSATION) THE CONTENTS As a spiritual traveler he starts his writing by praising Allah‚ in a way‚ familiar to the S{u>fis‚ which is to indicate the bounties given by Allah whether big or small. Further he praises Allah Who has favored the hearts of the Gnostics with the wine of spiritual love and has showered
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Natural evil – which is malfunctioning of the natural world‚ for example disease‚ earthquakes and famine. Moral evil – which is the result of morally wrong human actions such as murder and war Omnipotent – If God is omnipotent all powerful‚ he can do anything this means he could create a world free from evil and suffering and he could stop evil and suffering. Problem of evil and suffering Omniscient – If God is omniscient all knowing he must know how to stop evil and suffering Omni benevolent
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C.S. Lewis conveys in his message that the difference between good and evil‚ as well as heaven and hell is based on the human ability or inability to choose a path not centered on themselves. As individuals we are given the power to make choices‚ good and bad‚ right or wrong‚ which in return then make the choice of placement in hell an even greater tragedy. In the book the passengers on the bus‚ making its way to heaven‚ are required to make the choice of getting on the bus but then when they
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The Problem of Evil In this paper‚ I am going to use the free will defense to prove that the problem of evil is failed. Free will defense can explain all moral evils (moral suffering) and most of the natural evils. The problem of evils argues that if God is omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent and omniscient‚ then evil should not exist in the world. This argument claims that suffering exists in the world‚ such as war‚ famine‚ plague and so on. Also‚ this argument doubts the existence of God‚ and atheists come
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Why I Do Not Believe in God In this paper‚ I will formally and philosophically discuss the arguments posed by Thomas Aquinas and use my own personal opinions and experiences to explain my disagreements with Aquinas and why I do not believe in the existence of God. Whether or not God exists is an argument that has been ongoing since some of the earliest philosophers took it up hundreds of years ago. Many philosophers have stated arguments on this topic‚ from Thomas Aquinas to David Hume to St. Anselm
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(i) Outline two solutions to the problem of evil (21 marks) The problem is how do we reconcile an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God with the existence of evil and suffering in the world? The God of classical theism should be willing and able to remove evil and suffering. However‚ evil exists. This kind of solution is called a theodicy. A theodicy does not deny the existence of moral and natural evil‚ it proposes that there are good reasons why God does not intervene when conceivably he could or
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