problem of evil
- Created by: kierasanghera
- Created on: 18-05-16 23:40
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- problem of evil
- logical problem of evil
- if god is omniscient he knows how to stop evil
- if god is omnipotent he has the power to stop evil
- evil exists,therefore god cannot have all three attributes
- if god is supremely good he would not allow evil to exist
- evidential problem of evil
- the amount and distribution of evil is good enough evidence that god does not exist
- plantinga's free will defence
- a world containing sig free creatures is better than a world containing no sig free creatures
- god can create sig free creatures
- to be sig free is to be capable of both moral good and evil
- is sig free creatures were made to do only what is right they would not be sig free
- therefore god cannot cause sig free creatures to do what is right
- god can only eliminate greater evil by doing so with greater good
- so gods attributes +evil can still be compatible
- god can only eliminate greater evil by doing so with greater good
- therefore god cannot cause sig free creatures to do what is right
- is sig free creatures were made to do only what is right they would not be sig free
- to be sig free is to be capable of both moral good and evil
- god can create sig free creatures
- a world containing sig free creatures is better than a world containing no sig free creatures
- soul making (hick)
- we are unfinished creatures
- virtuous development is impossible unless there is some evil to respond to and correct
- is we removed moral evil the world is left with little responsibility or development
- virtuous development is impossible unless there is some evil to respond to and correct
- we are unfinished creatures
- evil split into moral:agents acting of their own free will and natural:caused by the earth (e.g earthquakes)
- logical problem of evil
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