the goodness of God is both a source of great frustration‚ and comfort‚ in regards to the question of natural evil. Defining God as good is a source of pain because it flies in the face of how many people experience the world. The classic Euclidean theodicy operates with three assumptions‚ one of which must be false: God is all-loving‚
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To western religions‚ Augustine’s theodicy serves to highlight God as both loving and fair or just. God does not intervene to prevent evil‚ but rather through the death of Jesus‚ eternal life is available to those who accept him. However‚ was the world really made perfect? Augustine’s views by western standards are at odds with natural science. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution proves that nature is anything but perfectly designed‚ rather humans have risen away from their primal instinct and developed
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Evil and Suffering Part A) ’Evil and suffering is the result of a malevolent God’ discuss the problem of evil and suffering in light of this quote. (6 marks) There are two different types of evil. Moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is the result of human actions that are morally wrong. Examples are murder‚ war and cruelty. Richard Swinburn said ’Moral evil I understand as including all evil caused deliberately by humans negligently failing to do what they ought to do‚ and also the evil
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forward an argument called “The Problem of Evil”. Due to much debate on the topic‚ theists‚ those who believe in God‚ have tried to resolve the problem of evil by presenting multiple theodicies—attempts to justify or defend God in the face of evil. In this paper‚ I will present counterarguments to two popular theodicies‚ the “Free Will Defense” and the “Soul-Making”‚ in an effort to
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Theodicy is philosophic and religious term first introduced by German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz in his work Théodicéé. The main purpose of theodicy is to resolve the problem of evil in the world. Simplified‚ theodicy regards the definition of the evil. Theodicy seeks for the answers that should reveal the reasons why some evil happened in the world. The main problem is however‚ the obvious presence of evil in the world versus omnipotence of God. The inconsistency of God is by some authors to
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to come freely to know and love their Maker; and that they are at the same time‚" John Hick. Hick starts out providing a definition of theodicy‚ and contrasting both Augustine and Irenaeus’s theodicy. Theodicy has two conditions: one‚ God is real and is limitlessly good and powerful‚ and two: humans are on a religious experience. Augustine and Irenaeus’s theodicies both depict evil way back to human free will. The point that was different is when Augustine thought that evil were against odds with
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making it subjectively real and “making spirituality closer than confidence in any kind of theodicy.” The theodicy of suffering is a theme that Levinas rips apart. Suffering as a means to a greater good manifests uselessness in its very definition. “It is not meaningful as a means with an end in which results from it?” Soul-Making‚ pain as a means for progress‚ original sin‚ and every other rational theodicy can never make a higher power or “God” an innocent entity or cover the historical evidence
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evil. I think that the way that Swinburne states his theodicy it makes it seem as if the natural evil is so that it can produce a sense of balance of good and bad within the universe. I don’t think that there is need for natural evil if there is already moral evil in the world‚ and since God is the one that is controlling the natural evil I think this takes away his credibility for being omniscient. Since only some aspects of Swinburne’s theodicy are sufficient enough to combat the argument from evil
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Responses to the problem of evil fall into the categories of defences or theodicies. Generally speaking a defence is used in response to the logical problem‚ simply showing how there is no logical inconsistency. This does not require an explanation of evil‚ nor need it be true‚ as a false though coherent explanation can be sufficient to show logical compatibility. These may also be known as weak theodicies. A strong theodicy on the other hand aspires to provide a plausible justification for evil
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create such a world where evil exists. This pursuit is known as the problem of evil. “According to the ‘problem of evil’‚ the extent of evils in the world seems to conflict with the existence of an omniscient‚ omnibenevolent‚ and omnipotent God. Theodicy is a study where theists are able to get together and make their arguments disclosing information on the compatibility between God and evil. This seems to be one of the most perplexing problems theists have to face. In today’s world‚ there are
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