"Reasoned Arguments cannot account for the amount of evil in the world." Discuss.
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- "Reasoned Arguments cannot account for the amount of evil in the world." Discuss.
- Concept of God
- Creator- Genesis 1-3
- Omnipotent Omnibenevolent Omniscient Omnipresent
- Primemover
- Holy trinity Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- Inconsistent Triad
- If God is omnipotent, omnibenvelolent and omniscient then why does evil exist?
- Therefore God cannot exist if evil does
- If God is omnipotent, omnibenvelolent and omniscient then why does evil exist?
- Natural and Moral Evil
- Natural evil is the apparent malfunctioning of the natural world e.g diseases and natural disasters.
- Moral Evil is the result of human immorality e.g genocide
- The devil was created by God so he created evil
- Genesis 1-3
- Free Will Defence
- God gave us free will so created evil
- Reference to Adam and Eve Genesis 1- Garden of Eden
- Irenaus Theodicy
- Humans were created in the image and likeness of God.
- We are in an immature moral state, though we have the potential for moral perfection.
- Throughout our lives we change from being human animals to ‘children of God’.
- This is a choice made after struggle and experience, as we choose God rather than our baser instinct.
- There are no angels or external forces at work here
- God brings in suffering for the benefit of humanity.
- From it we learn positive values, and about the world around us.
- Criticisms of Irenaus
- Argued that everyone goes to heaven, so evil goes unpunished which is wrong.
- If God was loving why does he make us suffer?
- Innocent people should not suffer or feel pain
- Augustine Theodicy
- God is perfect. the world he created reflects that perfection.
- Humans were created with free will
- Sin and death entered the world through Adam and Eve, and their disobedience
- Adam and Eve’s disobedience brought about ‘disharmony’ in both humanity and Creation.The whole of humanity experiences this disharmony because we were all ‘seminally’ present in the loins of Adam.
- Natural evil is consequence of this disharmony of nature brought about by the Fall.
- God is justified in not intervening because the suffering is a consequence of human action
- Criticisms of Augustine
- If God can be held responsible for the system by which the natural world works, he should be held responsible for the suffering that his system causes.
- Based on the Bible so Atheist's cannot relate to it
- Augustine’s theodicy puts all the blame on the first humans yet all suffer. Why should people suffer for the misdemeanours of past generations
- If the world is perfect why is there evil? God must be evil if it created in likeness of him
- Genesis 1-3 "it was good" why is there evil if the world was created as "good"
- Job
- Job was a wealthy man with a wife and children.
- God allowed Satan to torment him. took away his wealth and family
- Job stayed faithful to God and his happiness was returned.
- Criticisms of Job
- Why should an innocent man suffer? A loving God would not allow this to happen.
- God created the devil
- Genesis 1-3
- John Hick's Soul Making Theodicy
- Reformation of the Irenaen theodicy.
- Highlighted the importance of God allowing humans to develop themselves
- If God made us perfect, then we would have the goodness of robots.
- God wants humans to be genuinely loving and therefore gives them free will.
- counterfactual hypothesis - If God interfered or became to close, humans would be unable to make a free choice and wouldn't benefit from the developmental process.
- Concept of God
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