What is the Problem of Evil? Is it reasonable to believe a Perfectly Good God‚ or even a Good God exists if there is suffering in the world? John L. Mackie claims that theorists are irrational because as an all good omnipotent being cannot allow evil to exist. Mackie says‚ “In‚its simplest form the problem is this: God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists” (Feinberg & Shaffer-Landau‚ 2013‚ p. 101). He expounds by saying if any two of these statements are believed to be factual
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Philosophy 101-04 Professor Valadez March 7‚ 2013 4.2 1. The problem of evil is a big problem for the Triple-O God. If he is all-good wouldn’t he hate the existence of evil and if he was all-powerful he would have the power to get rid of it. Many people claim that we bring the evils upon our self‚ and that God is testing us. Which to me‚ makes no sense‚ why do we need to be tested? Why not just eliminate it‚ if he really is all-powerful. 2. I think the designer is fully responsible. It’s
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Evil‚ how did it happen and why is it still here on this earth? There is this belief that the Christian God is good and all-powerful. He has the power to create worlds and beings‚ yet there is still evil in the world. Both Pierre Bayle and Voltaire address these questions in their works “Paulicians” and Candide (respectively). They both believe the Manichean philosophy as a more rational thought process than the contemporaneous Christian view. This belief is that there is not one‚ but two gods in
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The study question • Translate and/or explain the following terms: aesity‚ arêtê‚ endoxa‚ ergon‚ eudaimonia‚ peccatum‚ telos‚ virtus‚ vitium – Arêtê: Greek for virtue‚ or excellence – Virtus and vitium: Latin for virtue and vice – Endoxon (endoxa): Greek‚ reputable opinion(s) • Ergon: Greek‚ function/characteristic activity – • Eudaimonia: Greek‚ happiness‚ well being • – Peccatum: Latin‚ sin • – Telos: Greek‚ end‚ aim • Discuss and/or apply the following concepts: doctrine of
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God’s power and sovereignty govern everything in the universe. Sovereignty means that he has supreme power and authority. This also does mean he is in control of all so called “chance”‚ the natural process‚ evil‚ suffering and salvation. This does bring up the problem of evil. Did God create evil? No he did not. I am told that God is all
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Mathew Marko Introduction to Jewish Philosophy (PHL 412) January 8‚ 2012 Evil‚ Suffering‚ and the Human Condition according to the Philosophies of Rambam and Rabbi Artson. It is impossible to look at the world and not see tremendous suffering‚ evil‚ and injustice. The existence of despotic rulers depriving millions of life and liberty‚ massive acts of natural destruction‚ untimely deaths‚ debilitating and deadly diseases‚ and more‚ must beg the religious person to question how this can
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Anselm is deliberating on the problem of evil and the origin of evil so as to prove that God’s creation is good‚ despite the creatures having the capacity to sin. The discussion of evil‚ according to me‚ has little to do with Lucifer’s disobedience in itself‚ but more to do with (re)establishing God’s supremacy in the face of evil. Without the perfection attributed to God and his creation‚ it would be difficult to locate the capacity to forgive and restore order within him. To understand Anselm’s
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another direction. The important thing‚ He tells us‚ is not the reason for suffering‚ but our response to suffering. It ’s not why we suffer but what we do when suffering comes. The experience of suffering presents us with a number of perplexing problems. For most of humankind ’s history‚ disease and death was a part of everyday experience. People faced the pain life brought‚ did their best to cope with it and moved on. Ironically the more effective our attempts have become to resist disease and
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McCarythism. It is an attempt to come to grips with the problem of evil in man and to provide a solution to this problem. As Miller said‚ “not so much by setting forth these values as such‚ but by showing‚ so to speak‚ the wages of sin.” And in another he says that without the “perverse example” of evil people “we should not know the good”. A reason that The Crucible should be taught in Christian School’s is that‚ no matter what‚ there is always going to be evil in this world‚ and gaining insight on such ideals
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given free will. For instance‚ lets say there is an all omniscient God and lets say he knows what we will do and what our destiny is but he sends you a problem to over come such as‚ someone scorns you so bad that all you are is filled with hate and vengeance and if you decide to
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