Explain the nature of the problem of evil The problem of evil refers to the nature of God. Many assume that God is benevolent but hardly anyone really considers the possibility that God is not all good but rather an all evil‚ malevolent God. The question is if God is all good and all powerful‚ then why did he create a world full of evil and suffering? There is so much suffering in this world that a lot of people find it hard to believe that‚ if God does exist‚ he is good. There is the argument that
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convincing and logically true than B.C. Johnson’s reason for his argument. Hick believes in Evil being necessary in this world and that God exists with it as well. To back up his belief Hick gives examples and uses a theology called soul making theodicy. This theodicy explains how human character is formed or made. This shows that it’s because of all the evil and good that happens that people truly know themselves and develop their own character traits that are considered good. It also explains the reason
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QUESTION ONE How does the evil and suffering in the world align with the idea of a loving God? Introduction The most ancient and persistent objection to God’s existence is the problem of evil. How can a loving‚ powerful God allow so much evil and suffering in the world? Believers and nonbelievers alike must wrestle with this difficult question. Nonbelievers struggle with the atheist conclusion that morality is an illusory and ungrounded evolutionary artifact‚ in which case there may be no basis
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The explanation for why someone or something is evil can not be easily defined‚ as the answer may vary based on a person’s psychological thought process or intellectual reasoning. The justification of this paper is to discuss Peter Van Inwagen and his philosophical response to the argument from evil‚ as well as his free will defense theory for the answer to this complication. I will carefully evaluate the two standard objections to his solution and offer my personal opinion of rather or not he offers
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God On Trial Christian Worldview Integration Dr. Carl B. Smith II Its impossible to reflect on the origins of evil without bringing up the concept of free will. God created man with this idea of choice; the choice to believe and obey‚ or the choice to disobey. It was this free will that allowed Adam and Eve to fall from their initial glory and introduce evil and suffering into the world. We can justify a large amount of sustained suffering by acknowledging that it actually benefits us and is not
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The argument of evil is one of the most contradicting arguments in the philosophy of religion. This argument states that if evil exists how and why can God exist as well? The traditional theist believes that the definition of God is some superior being who is omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent and omniscient. This sums up to a being who is all good‚ loving‚ powerful and knowing‚ a being of such greatness is also known as God. Although this definition does create much problems to the argument of evil‚ which
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One of the oldest and most popular dilemma in philosophy is also one of the greatest threats to the Christian theology. The problem of evil baffles some of the greatest minds in the world and nearly effects everyone in their everyday life. If god is so great‚ then why is there evil? The problem of evil has to do with god‚ it is very easy to comprehend. It is primary object to the overall existence does god exist? The problem of evil that Leibniz speaks of is one that deals with the notion that the
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exist‚ he/she would then presumably be all good‚ all-knowing‚ and all-powerful‚ and therefore would use his/her powers to stop evil from being a part of our world all together (Leibniz 261). Gottfried Leibniz addresses this "problem of evil" in his Theodicy by offering a scenario in which both a Christian God and evil can plausibly coexist. As Leibniz tries to validate God’s existence‚ he is forced to rely upon certain defining characteristic from which we have come to associate with the Christian
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Studies in the Philosophy of Religion THE PROBLEM OF EVIL "God is the omnipotent and wholly good creator of all things" "There is evil in the world" a) EXPLAIN THESE TWO STATEMENTS AND SHOW WHY THEY ARE SAID TO BE CONTRADICTORY (20) The problem of evil is usually seen as the problem of how the existence of God can be reconciled with the existence of evil in the world. It’s regarded as a logical problem‚ because it is based on the apparent contradiction involved in holding onto three incompatible
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JOHN HICK’S THE PROBLEM OF EVIL I. John Hick discusses in his essay The Problem of Evil‚ the objections to the belief in the existence of God is the presence of evil in the world. He begins by posing the traditional challenge to theism in the form of the dilemma: That if God was perfectly loving‚ he must wish to abolish evil‚ and being all powerful‚ is able to perfectly do so as he will its. He then proceeds to present some views regarding this issue‚ giving insights from three point of views
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