Augustian Type Theodicy

Question 1

What is a Theodicy?

Answer 1

A religious argument that attempts to prove the existence of God alongside evil.

Question 2

In ‘The Creation of the World’, how did God create the world?

Answer 2

God made it free of evil, perfect, and of no flaws due to his omnipotence. “God saw all that he created and it was good”.

Question 3

In ‘The creation of the world’, what is evil?

Answer 3

Evil is just the lack of goodness, and cannot be created (Darkness is a lack of light)

Question 4

In ‘Evil in the world’, what do humans do which leads to evil?

Answer 4

Miss use their free will, as seen in the ‘original sin’.

Question 5

In ‘Evil in the world’, why doesn’t God intervene to stop evil and suffering?

Answer 5

God doesn’t intervene as that would loose human’s free will, and because we are decedents of Adam. “We are all seminally present in the loins of Adam”.

Question 6

In ‘Evil in the world’, why does natural evil occur?

Answer 6

Natural Evil occurs due to how profound the original sin was, and that it destroyed the nature of the world.

Question 7

In ‘Hope for the Future’, why do humans have hope instead of living in hell after death?

Answer 7

Due to the nature of our sins, humans should enter hell, but God’s omnibenevolence allows hope.

Question 8

In ‘Hope for the future’, how do humans avoid hell?

Answer 8

If humans accept Jesus’ sacrifice, they will enter heaven. This theodicy is ‘soul-deciding’.