Problem of evil
- Created by: cwade2409
- Created on: 26-05-17 09:07
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- The Problem of Evil! (Augustine)
- Key words!
- Natural Suffering e.g earthquakes, tsunamis
- Moral evil - Manmade suffering e.g Poverty, War
- Theodicy~A justification of the righteousness of God, given the existence of evil
- Epistemic Distance~God is hidden and so this allows human beings to choose freely
- Privation~To lack or not consist of something
- Atonement
- Soul Making~ the suffering in the world that helps us to grow
- inconsistent
- Where did evil come from?
- Evil came from the fall
- original sin from Adam and Eve is passed onto us
- Because of Adam and Eve we are all punished
- Evil is our fault
- Sin enters the world
- Problems
- Only a good theory if you believe in God- not universal
- Can you blame all on the actions of two?
- how could evil come to be if God had not created it.
- He did create evil? if he did can Adam and Eve be blamed?
- Or he created an imperfect world~ can't be all powerful? Inconsistent triad
- Fallen Angels~ if Lucifer is the snake and he disobeyed God first, then evil must have already existed!
- Science~ Evolution, Genesis may not be real?
- Stregnths
- you can see the good in the world
- Natural good that must have been created by God
- Key words!
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