Evil and suffering Flashcards
Give a quote from Epicurus on the inconsistent triad.
“Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but he does not want to. If the wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked.”
Give a quote from Mackie on the problem of evil.
“The Paradox of Omnipotence has shown that God’s omnipotence must in any case be restricted in one way or another.”
Give a quote from William Rowe on the extent of evil.
“It is reasonably clear that suffering often occurs in a degree far beyond what is required for character development.”
Give a quote from Gregory Paul on the problem of evil.
“If a creator exists, then it has chosen to fashion a habit that has maximised the level of suffering and death among young humans.”
Give a quote from Augustine on evil as a privatio boni.
“… the loss of good has recieved the name ‘evil’.”
Give a quote from Augustine on evil as a privatio boni and humans as the cause.
“Evil is the absence of the good, which is natural and due to a thing.”
Give a quote from Roger Scruton challenging Augustinian theodicy.
“I’ve always leant on original sin in a difficult moment because it transfers the blame from me to everyone.”
Give a quote from Hick on Irenaen theodicy.
“A world which is to be a person-making environment cannot be a pain-free paradise but must contain challenges and dangers, with real possibilities of real kinds of accident and disaster, and the pain and suffering which they bring.”
Give a quote from Irenaeus on Irenaean theodicy.
“But the man was a little one, and his discretion still undeveloped, wherefore also he was easily misled by the deceiver.”
Give biblical evidence for Irenaen theodicy.
“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness”.” (Genesis 1:26)
Give Biblical evidence from Isaiah for Irenaen theodicy.
“Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter.” (Isaiah 64:8)
Give Biblical evidence from Isaiah for Irenaen theodicy.
“Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter.” (Isaiah 64:8)
