Evaluating the Augustinian Theodicy


	Evaluating the Augustinian Theodicy
	Advantages Free Will explains MORAL evil Defends God, as he cannot create a privation of something	Disadvantages Blames humans for everything! (NATURAL evil) Logical contradiction ('perfect' world gone wrong) God created Hell, so knew sin would occur (Hell is painful, contradicts forgiving God) Contradicts evolution If God was all-loving-knowing-powerful, he would stop suffering! Assumes that each human was seminally present in Adam (biologically impossible!)
	Evaluation Weak argument

Blames humans for everything! (NATURAL evil)
Logical contradiction ('perfect' world gone wrong)
God created Hell, so knew sin would occur (Hell is painful, contradicts forgiving God)
Contradicts evolution
If God was all-loving-knowing-powerful, he would stop suffering!
Assumes that each human was seminally present in Adam (biologically impossible!)

Weak argument

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