The news in the world today is troubling. Wars‚ disease‚ and other catastrophes make everyone wonder if God exists. Assuming He does exist‚ people wonder why he doesn’t end the suffering in the world. Most refer to this issue as the problem of evil. Natural catastrophes‚ wars‚ disease‚ etc. all bring the non-believer and the believer alike to the problem of evil. The problem of evil arises because of a perceived inconsistency with God. Christians believe that God is all-powerful‚ sovereign‚ and
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one can interpret the theodicies that have arisen in response to
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Course and Section Number: ___THEO 202-B10 LUO___________ (e.g. THEO 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
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Then he is impotent‚ Is he able‚ but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then why is there evil? If he is neither able nor willing‚ then why call him god”. In response to the whole problem‚ many people have written theodicies‚ criticisms and problems surrounding it all. One of the main explanations‚ or argument which helps prove that God doesn’t exist due to the problem of evil and suffering is Mackie’s Inconsistent Triad‚ in which he brings God’s powers and evil still
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RELS 2001 Midterm Study Guide Spring 2013 Date: 7/2 You are required to bring Blue Books for the exam. They are available at the Student Government Office (4th floor‚ University Center‚ right above the bookstore) for free. I will collect all your Blue Books and redistribute them before the exam. Also‚ you will be strictly required to leave all your cell phones and bags (along with all reading materials) in the front of the class. Any kind of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated
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Mackie discuss these issues that arise from the existence of evil in our world and how they expose the inconsistencies of God’s attributes with his creation‚ but Gottfried Leibniz counters those arguments with theodicy by explaining that the very existence of evil is necessary for the propagation of the greater
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Essay - The Problem of Evil Part A - Compare and contrast the theodicies of Augustine and Irenaeus Both Augustine and Irenaeus attempt to explain the existence of evil in their theodicies‚ though have different explanations for its existence. Theodicies put forward the argument that God has a reason for allowing the existence of evil separated into moral evil (for example‚ the holocaust) and natural evil (Haiti earthquake). Theodicies attempt to rationalise evil whilst retaining the key attributes
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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 should do so. The theodicy of Augustine is based on the Genesis account of Creation and the Fall‚ and argues that the world and humanity were created perfect‚ but because of free
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commanded them to stay away from one particular tree. Satan showed up symbolized in a serpent to tempt Eve to eat fruit from the forbidden tree. In her human sinful nature she proceeded to take that first sinful bite. 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
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Explain Augustines Theodicy (25 marks) Augustines’s theodicy‚ which aims to decipher why there is evil in the world‚ is greatly influenced by the Bible’s creation stories‚ Genesis 1-3‚ which he took literally. Augustine believed‚ that God had made the world ex nihilo (out of nothing) and when making the world he had made it free from flaws. He believed very strongly that God is good‚ omnipotent and omniscience. As he had a traditional view of God it created a problem that he had to solve‚ if
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