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Why God Allows Evil Swinburne defends the view that the existence of evil in the world is consistent with the existence of an omnipotent‚ perfectly good God. Not only are they consistent‚ he argues‚ but the amount of good in the world requires the possibility of substantial evil. He begins his argument by distinguishing moral evil (which comes from humans acting in morally bad ways) from natural evil (pain and suffering that comes from anything other than human action with predictable outcome)‚
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“Explain the argument from religious experience for the existence of God.”30 marks Expect different forms of the argument from religious experience‚ e.g. inductive argument‚ direct awareness‚ cumulative argument. Also expect reference to Swinburne’s principle of credulity and principle of testimony. Maximum Level 2 if summary of types of religious experience with no reference to argument for God. ------------------------------------------------- Level 7 for one fully developed argument‚ or two
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Religious experiences cannot be explained empirically and tend to take place within a context of religious expectancy. Such experiences may be individual‚ in which a person becomes aware of the presence of the divine; or corporate‚ in which a gathering of people experiences feelings beyond expression – the ineffable. St Teresa of Avila described her experiences as: “God established himself in the interior of this soul in such a way‚ that when I return to myself‚ it is wholly impossible for me to
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The Augustinian theodicy is a type of Christian theodicy designed to respond to the evidential problem of evil. As such‚ it attempts to explain the probability of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent (or all-powerful and perfectly loving) God amid evidence of evil in the world. A number of variations of this kind of theodicy have been proposed throughout history‚ but their similarities were first described by John Hick‚ who classified them as Augustinian. They typically assert that God is perfectly good
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1. The fallacy of relevance is ad hominem is when the motive or character of the person associated with the argument is attacked. The response from the publisher of Vogue is an example of this as he ignored Omega’s brand directors reason to withdraw their ads and introduced a different motive‚ that the director was just unhappy with the way his product was photographed. However‚ this does not make the argument fallacious as the brand directors motive is irrelevant to the truth. 2. The fallacy of
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Despite Mackie seeming to have proven the logical problem of evil to be sound it is not surprising that theists have sought to resolve the problem rather than abandoning their beliefs. 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
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Richard Swinburne’s "The Problem of Evil": God’s Existence Philosophers have looked for ways to explain God’s existence for centuries. One such argment that the believer must justify in order to maintain the possibility of God’s existence is the problem of evil. In his essay‚ "The Problem of Evil‚" by Richard Swinburne‚ the author attempts to explain how evil can exist in a world created by an omniscient‚ omnipotent‚ omnibenevolent Being‚ namely God. Swinburne uses to free-will defense and
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Does the existence of evil in our world disprove God’s existence? March 23‚ 2011 The argument of the problem of evil contends that the existence of an omniscient‚ omnibenevolent‚ and omnipotent God is incompatible with the existence of evil in the world‚ which can be observed in war‚ genocide‚ and human suffering. One could respond to this argument by stating that human evil is a result of free will‚ which is the God-given ability to make decisions which are either good or evil. In this
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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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