Irenaean Type Theodicy Flashcards
In ‘The Creation of the world’, why did God make humans imperfect?
God made humans imperfect so that they had a task in life to become like God.
In ‘The creation of the world’, what does the quote “Let us make man in my image and after in my likeness” mean?
The 1st part means God made humans with the potential to be like him. The 2nd part means God gave humans a task to become perfect and to reach their potential.
In ‘The existance of Evil’, how can humans achieve God-like perfection?
Through free will, but it can be miss used such as the original sin.
In ‘ the existence of evil’, why didn’t God intervene to help achieve human’s task of perfection?
As it would take away their free will.
In ‘the existence of evil’, why did John Hick claim natural evil was necessary?
Without it, the world would be a paradise, and God-like perfection would be too easy, meaning it would loose it’s value.
In ‘the existence of evil’, what does God have to retain in order to allow humans to achieve perfection?
An epistemic distance.
In ‘Hope for humanity’, how do humans enter heaven?
God allows all humans to enter heaven due to his omnibenevolence, and those who use free will well will enter.
In ‘Hope for Humanity’, what will happen to the humans who don’t use their free will correctly?
They will be punished, but this is impermanent. They will be purified to achieve perfection, allowing them to enter heaven.
