the logical problem of evil and the evidential problem of evil are arguments presented by Hume against the existence of God. In Hume’s arguments he tries to convince his audience the God does not exist because evil does. The first argument presented by Hume is the logical problem of evil. In this argument Hume is saying that the belief in a God that is capable of allowing evil‚ even though he is supposed to have benevolent intentions toward us is contradictory. He explains that evil does exist even
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The problem of evil‚ also known as theodicy‚ is simply a label for a serious of problems involving God and evil. One of these problems lies in the question of why the righteous suffers. Another one of these questions raised concerning the problem of evil is whether God does good or if he does evil. This problem of evil is not bound to Christian theology‚ but stretches over many other religions not only in the Western world. There are two different categories of evil. Moral evil is evil produced
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202 B01) Hamartiology: The Problem of Evil (Theodicy) The problem with evil is perspective and to some extent a definition of terms. From our perspective Evil things are happening to good people and that doesn’t seem fair and since God is fair then there must not be a God. Well at first glance that may make sense until you start digging a little deeper. So if a tornado hits a town that would be natural evil or if somebody gets robbed that would be moral evil but either way we would be inclined
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Short Essay on the Problem of Evil The question of evil is a common hot button topic among atheists and non-Christians who attempt to disprove Christianity. They argue that an omnipotent and omniscient God cannot exist in a world with so much evil. The argument is used by them to try to prove that Christianity is “internally self-contradictory and thereby to be rejected.” Many claim that a benevolent and caring God would certainly not create evil or allow it to flourish in the world that He created
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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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Christianity. One of these contributions concerned the philosophical problem of evil. Up until St. Augustine’s time‚ philosophers questioned the idea proposed by Christians that evil generated in a world created by a perfectly good God. The problem is easy enough to understand‚ yet slightly more complicated to solve. St. Augustine raised some fairly good propositions to offer an explanation for this question. Although the problem of evil has been answered for the most part‚ there are still many who disbelieve
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argument‚ it holds that though the universe still needs explanation for its existence‚ the existence of God Himself does not. In the article McCloskey is critical of these arguments for God’s existence supporting his stance by offering the problem of evil as reasoning to not believe. He believes the belief in the existence of God is not a source of strength and security (2). However‚ if we are to use the Cumulative Case approach we can have successive truths. This case cumulates the Cosmological
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logically impossibility and therefore is nothing at all. God’s omnipotence and supreme goodness (Omni-benevolence) are mutually incoherent attributes with the existence of evil. This is known as the inconsistent triad because these 2 attributes and the proposition ‘evil exists’ cannot all co-exist. How is it possible for evil to exist in the world and God being all-loving if he has the power to stop it? The idea of God appears to be incoherent. For example‚ God does not want us to die of starvation
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The problem of evil is a significant and enduring philosophical and theological debate. A question is often raised and discussed: if God is both all-loving and all-powerful‚ then how can evils-including natural evil and moral evil---exist in our world? In response to the charge that the evils of the world are incompatible with God’s omnipotence and perfect goodness‚ the word"theodicy" is coined to deal with the problem of evil. Usually it is an attempt to show that it is possible to affirm the omnipotence
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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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