Goodness of God criticisms
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- Goodness of God criticisms
- J.L.Mackie
- Inconsistent triad- god is omnibenevolent and omnipotent yet evil still exists
- Hume
- What conclusions do you draw about the designer of a house if it falls?
- Aquinas
- Can we talk about God's goodness in a meaningful fashion? Is God's nature unknowable?
- Does God responding to human needs and requests mean that God is not perfect?
- God is not like a human designer and so comparisons are invalid
- Natural evil is a consequences of the laws of nature which enable change and development
- Epistemic distance
- The problem of evil
- What conclusions could be drawn about God because of Natural Evil?
- Plato
- Euthyphro dilemma- are things good because God says they're good? (Arbitrary) or are they good within themselves (not omnipotent)
- The bible
- Miracle at Ai-God stops the sun and all men, women and children are killed by the Jews
- God remains faithful to the cevenant- Hebrew slaves in Egypt are set free
- Healing miracles- naaman's leprosy and lazareth being resurrected
- Jesus and sacrificial death which saved humanity from consequences of its sin and enables humanity to reconnect with God
- Threw Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden resulting in mortality for humans, painful childbirth for women and men having to work from the land
- J.L.Mackie
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