J.L. Mackie's modern development

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What is it in response to?
theodicies that had been put forward to explain the existence of suffering and evil. He maintained that the triad of (1) evil and suffering (2) an omnipotent God and (3) an omnibenevolent God was inconsistent and could never be reconciled
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What are the aspects?
He maintained that the triad of (1) evil and suffering (2) an omnipotent God and (3) an omnibenevolent God was inconsistent and could never be reconciled
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What is the only solution?
reject one aspect
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What did Mackie say the success depended on?
re-interpreting the idea of omnipotence
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