6. The highest human good is a loving relationship with God, a love that is freely chosen; God gives free will hoping they elect to love him
- Vardy
- Hume
- Irenaeus
- Hick
7. In order that we might 'act naturally' and not be overwhelmed by our task to form a likeness to God, He remains at an epistemic distance
- Hume
- Augustine
- Hick
- Vardy
8. Evil is a privation of good, just like blindness is a lack of sight, therefore it is not actually there
- Augustine
- Irenaeus
- Hume
- Hick
