evil and suffering

Question 1

who proposed process theodicy

Answer 1

David Griffin

Question 2

what is the core concept of process theory

Answer 2

god is not omnipotent and cannot stop evil or suffering instead God is a ‘fellow sufferer’

Question 3

what is natural evil (provide an example)

Answer 3

natural evil is horroifc events caused by nature - hurricain Katrina

Question 4

what is morral evil

Answer 4

moral evil is evil caused by the actions of peopl - holocaust

Question 5

what is the logical problem of evil

Answer 5

the logical problem of evil uses to logic to show why God and evil cannot live along side one another.

Question 6

who founded the logical problem of evil

Answer 6

Greek philosopher Epicurus

Question 7

describe the inconsitant traid

Answer 7

concept that - gods omipotence -gods omnibenevoence and the existance of evil cannot all coexist

Question 8

what is the evidential problem of evil

Answer 8

this is an arguemnt against the existance of god based upon the world around us
-refers to evil in overwhelming quantity and quality

Question 9

what was the example given of the young girl to illustrate the evidential problem of evil

Answer 9

Dostoyevsky wrote about a yong girl who was locked in a basement and was treated horrifically, she prayed to god but there was no answer - what loving god would allow this

Question 10

what was william roews example of pointless suffering

Answer 10

Fawn dying slowly in a forrest fire, this pointless suffering - why would god allow this