Aug Theodicy PoE

Question 1

Aug interprets the bible…

Answer 1

Literally.
G created the world from nothing.
Humans are superior to animals.
Garden of Eden characterised by harmony.
A + E choose to sin. (Original)
Resulting in the fall, and an epistemically gap.

Question 2

Augs Hierachry of life…

Answer 2

Angles.
Man.
Animals (purely physical beings)

Question 3

The consequence of disharmony is suffering

Answer 3

In Gen 1, God punishes A+E in 3 ways:
Pain at childbirth.
Adam sent to toil in the fields.
Both are banned from Eden.
G created the world, but poor human moral choices led to the sin and suffering we see today.

Question 4

We share Adams…

Answer 4

Sin.
We’re all his descendants, and were ‘seminally present’.
We share the consequences.

Question 5

Aug on everything being good

Answer 5

Believed everything was inherently good, in proportion to being itself.
Evil must be therefore a deprivation of good.
Evil did not come from god as he created perfection.
Evil comming from elsewhere makes G justified in leaving it.

Question 6

Aug and FW

Answer 6

Aug assumes we have FW, believing its more valuable than being a robot.
If you remove freedom you also remove the good choices, not just bad.