Evil and Suffering

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  • Created on: 22-11-12 14:13
Moral opposite of good
evil
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Suffering caused by human actions
moral evil
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Suffering caused by natural enviromental phenomena
natural evil
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Distance in knowledge or dimension
epistemic distance
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Early Church Father in the 2nd Century. Saw evil and suffering as necessary in the development of humans towards moral perfection.
Irenaeus
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Modern day philsopher of religion. Developed Irenaeus' Theodicy
John Hick
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Early Church Father, famous works include his 'Confessions' and 'The City of God'
Augustine
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The power of making free choices unconstrained be external agencies
free will
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Argument based on ideas that human beings were not created perfect and remain imperfect and that evil is necessary to permit human freedom of choice
Irenaean theodicy
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To become akin to God's likeness
Child of God
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Suffering caused by human actions

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moral evil

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Suffering caused by natural enviromental phenomena

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Distance in knowledge or dimension

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Early Church Father in the 2nd Century. Saw evil and suffering as necessary in the development of humans towards moral perfection.

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