Agustine's Theodicy

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  • Augustine's Theodicy
    • God = Omniscient
      • God = responsible for Evil
        • He chose to create a being whom he foresaw would do evil
    • Seminally Present
      • Represents own race
        • Adam & Eve = Immortal Punishment = Mortality
          • God's Grace & Mercy allows the relationship to be restored
          • Reproduce
            • Each generation Carries the sin of Adam and Eve
              • We all suffer God's Punishment
            • Baby = Evil
              • Baptism
                • Rescue Plan
                  • Soul Deciding
                    • Believe in Jesus and his death for human Kind
                      • Live a Good Christian Life
                        • Judgement - Heaven or Hell
                          • Hell = Eternal Torment
                            • God = not omnibenevolent
        • Original Sin
    • Evil = Dangerous
      • Hurting physically is inferior to doubting God
    • Evil is everywhere
    • Privation
      • Evil Cannot exist because of God as he only created good things
      • Lack of goodness = Evil
        • Not a sufficient explanation
        • Evil = a real entity
    • Evil is not a real actual quality
      • Evil Cannot exist because of God as he only created good things
      • Privatio Boni
    • Evil is parastic on the Good
    • Human = Perfect Misuse of freewill = Bond is Broken Sin=Caused Suffering
      • Adam &Eve
        • Original Sin
      • Do we really have free will?
        • Everything depends on God for existence
          • Must be involved in free human actions
      • God made a mistake
        • A logical contradictions to say that a perfectly created world had gone wrong -Schleiermacher
          • Either the world was created imperfect or God allowed it to go wrong
    • Science Error
      • Rejects the idea of humanity's fall from perfection
        • Suggest an Evolutionary development
          • Literal Approach to Genesis seems to contradict modern science
    • God = Omnipotent (powerful), omniscient (knowing) + omnibenevolent (good & loving)
    • God = on top of hierarchy, evil is beneath him

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