Is evil just an absence of God? - deliberate acts seem more than this. Why did God give some angles less grace? God created the devil. would an moniscient God not beable to stop this?
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How does Irenaus belive god with lov and peace allow suffering?
1. God allows evil to help hmas grow and develop a relationship with God 2. Evil is neccessary to know what is good 3. Suffering leads to growth 4. We have free will to make good and bad choices 5. Humans made in gods image but have to grow to ikenes
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ireanus contin...
s to fbe nuterd 6. part of being good is an effort of will 7. anaology : newborn child needs to be nurtured like we do 8. life after death 9. suffereing is part of god's plan
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What are the strenghts of Ireanus' argument?
> Avoids issue of perfect creation and focuses on the relationship with God > Talks about free will > Accept perfection has to be reached then we are made imperfect and have to be free to go aginst god
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Weaknesses of Iranus's argument
> not backed up by bible > we will all end up with god, so do we have free will? >is suffereing justifiable > questions gods omnipotence > makes moral behviour ponitless
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What did norman Malcom say?
"exsitence is not a real predicate", if god is possible god is actual, gods exsistence must be deemed possible, god is an "absolutely ultimate being"
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How does Guanilo criticis anslem?
>concept of the greatest concivable island > anslems logic is absurb bc it means this island exsists
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How does Kant criticse the ontological argument?
> "god does not exsist" - not self condictory, either true or false, if it didnt exsit then cannot be contradicted >
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1. God allows evil to help hmas grow and develop a relationship with God 2. Evil is neccessary to know what is good 3. Suffering leads to growth 4. We have free will to make good and bad choices 5. Humans made in gods image but have to grow to ikenes
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