Miracles and the problem of Evil

Miracles and the Problem of Evil

Rejection on Theological Grounds

• Maurice Wiles Criticism of Miracles would suggest this
• God's goodness would be question as miracles only affect as small number of people
• Wiles suggested that the miracles of the Bible seem trivial compared to the events of Auschwitz and Hiroshima
• BUT - The Augustinian Theodicy would suggest that evil is a result of Human sin so therefore God doesn't have to intervene
• Any intervention of God is just a sign of his goodness and is to encourage belief in God
• Why can't God act Randomly??

Rejection on Scientific Grounds

• An Irenaon-type theodicy argues that…