Stregnths Weaknesses of Augustine's Theodicy
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- Created on: 02-11-15 14:09
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- Evaluating Augustine's Theodicy
- Weaknesses
- The fall (Moral and Scientific). Single couple =entire race evil.
- Predestination (Moral) God knows our future so knows if we will go to hell. Not all loving.
- Self-contradictory (Logical) God gave us free will. Could never go wrong unless already possessed flaw. Evil creates itself from nothing?
- Free will (logical) Not responsible of moral evil as our deicions are conditioned by factors genetic environmental
- Value of free will (Moral) Is free will worth the price of suffering (CS LEWIS)
- Strengths
- Evil arises result of free will fits in with what we see
- Supports God's attributes
- Agrees with Aquinas- Evil privation of good (X) substance.
- Agrees Aquinas Evil= not fault of God but free will
- Weaknesses
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