Criticisms of the free will defence
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- Created on: 03-11-16 12:38
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- Criticisms of the free will defence
- Why would God allow free will to cause such horrific suffering?
- Examples include the holocaust and 9/11
- The extent of suffering is not needed - God could have limited it
- Free will is not a worthy gift - doesn't justify suffering
- Free will is an illusion
- Everything we do is determined by a prior cause
- If we don't have free will then the free will defence collapses
- An omniscient God must know our choices
- God must have deliberately determined evils like the holocaust
- If God doesn't know our choices then he is not God
- We don't have free will if everything is pre-determined
- Christians say God can intervene in the world
- If he can intervene to perform miracles then he can intervene to stop suffering
- Mackie argues the free will defence is illogical
- An omnipotent God could make everyone do good
- Why would God allow free will to cause such horrific suffering?
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