Keywords Flashcards
Natural Evil
•Evil which is naturally occurring in the world
•Earthquakes, tsunamis etc.
Moral Evil
•The result of human action
•Murder, theft etc.
Inconsistent triad
•God is all loving, all powerful and all knowing yet evil still exists
•Influenced by Mackie, Hume and Epicurus
Theodicy
•An argument that suggests God is right to allow the existence of evil and suffering
•In some way or another, they are necessary
Epistemic Distance
•God keeps a distance from humanity in order to not overwhelm it
•Hick’s view of the human/God relationship
Omniscient
•all knowing
•an attribute of God
Omnipotent
•all powerful
•an attribute of God
Omni-benevolent
•all loving
•an attribute of God
Omni-benevolent
•all loving
•an attribute of God
Transcendent
•the idea that God is above and beyond space and time
•an attribute of God
Free will
The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices in life
Libertarianism
The idea that humans have a degree of free will and so can be held morally responsible for their actions
Casual Determinism
•The view that every event is determined by preceding events and conditions of human laws and nature
•Humans do not have free will
Compatibilism
•a person is free who act within the constraints of their own motives and desires
•determinism and free will are compatible
Pantheism
•The view that “all is in God”
•In process theology, God is the soul of the universe so is not transcendent
