Iraneons theodicy quotation Flashcards
What does iraneous say about god and developing moral obligation and characters of god?
…God made man a free [being] from the beginning, possessing his own power, even as he does his own soul, to obey the behests of God voluntarily, and not by compulsion of God
How does iraneous disagreeing with Augustine and extensitonais is the form he takes?
Iraneous believed that through the Eastern Orthodox church we find our own nature
What does John MacArthur say about why god created evil?
God let people die in the flood of genesis, 1918 John Barry wrote about the influenza of 1918 10000000 people died. But god knows what he’s doing its his purpose for us; iraneous theodicy.
What’d does John MacArthur say about evil in the world?
“part of the creation itself in its fallen condition”
What was the mormians religion?
Suggest god has sex with a female to create Jesus; evil
What is the quotation of kings
Kings 17:25 “they didn’t fear the lord, therefore the lord sent lions, which killed some of them”
What did the mormons believe about evil?
Believed there were 2 plans; God made his spirit children pick between his plan of jesus christ where humans were free to choose good or evil. Choose evil and they’d be banished, choose good and they would be spirit childrenZ
Lucifer gods child came up with his own plan. to force people to choose goof over evil, those who chose that plan were banished and were satan. Tempts morals to choose evil
What did they say about moral agency being an independent principle?
They rest on the idea that moral agency is independent outside of god. Adam and eve didn’t bring in sin
What is Swinburne quotation about the world needing suffering?
“the less he allows men to bring about large scale horrors, the less the freedom and responsibility he gives them”
humans would never be repsonsbile and never learn
What is the free will defend?
evil is logically necessary
What is an argument to suggest exsteialism is better?
This theory humans can understand their purpose and why good acts are good rather than contrast divine command theory is state rules we don’t know why they’re good pious? We can know and appreciate the good
How can we exercise other theories according t John hick?
With theological theories like situation ethics utilitarianism we can use our recta ratio our reason to achieve the good. Rather than set rules to achieve soul making the relationship with god. Any world that only has maximum of pain and minimum pleasure isn’t a hedonistic paradise
What is John hicks quotation?
“There are obstacles to be overcome, tasks to be performed, goals to be achieved, setbacks to be endured, problems to be solved, dangers to be met” (Hick 1966: 362).
What is the answer ‘make a new god’?
theological liberalism deny everything written by god in the bible and conduct a new version od him
What is the God is imperfect?
God is imperfect like everyone and in the process of being better
