EVIL Flashcards
Moral Evil
Done by humans e.g murder
Natural Evil
Natural events e.g tornados
Problem of evil
Raises issues to whether god exists
IS.. the rocks
of atheism
Inconsitent traid
people suffer raises issues to 3 omnis god doesnt exist
St Augustine
'Confessions & De Genesi ad Literam' THEODICY God is good = perfect world humans brought evil orgignal sin evil is a punishment for sin
St Iranaeus
Against Heresis THEODICY god created an imperfect world so we could develop through free will make good choices evil exists for development
John Hick
1922 - 2012 GOODNESS OF ROBOTS no courage without fear epistemtic distance Supports iranaeus
Swinburne
The Existence of God
Free will defence
world provides freedom
god cant intervene as no freedom
Schleirmacher
AGAINST AUGUSTINE
If god made a perfect world it would NEVER go wrong
unjust for punishing
hell shows no omni B
Philips
Love can never be expressed through evil
e.g holocaust
HICK
Mackie
God could have done better
EVIL AND OMNIPOTENCE
Cancer Quote
Iranaeus quote.. romans 5:3
we rejoice in our sufferings
Philips Quote
Love can never be expressed through allowing suffering
Hick Quote
A perfect word is something we look forward to in the future something we create together