Free will defence
- Created by: Juliet06
- Created on: 16-11-16 23:18
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- The free will defence- Irenaeus vs Augustine
- General summary
- God has to allow suffering to exist in the world as a logical consequence of giving us free will to make our own moral and spiritual decisions
- If we have true free will there has to be a possibility of humans choosing to do bad things
- We have to suffer the consequences of us choosing to do bad things
- Similarities
- God exists
- God is perfect and omnibenevolent
- Free will is misused- causes moral evil
- Evil is essential- created things are susceptible to change- we need evil so that we can choose the right thing to do and develop
- Humanity is perfect
- Both use the Bible- Genesis 1 and the creation story - v26 made in God's likeness
- Differences
- Augustine says natural evil is punishment for original sin whereas Irenaeus says it's for development to grow closer to and become like God
- Augustine says God is blameless from evil whereas Irenaeus says God is partly to blame and must take responsibility for evil
- General summary
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