PoE

Question 1

Evil

Answer 1

‘physical pain, mental suffering and moral wickedness’ John Hick

Question 2

Epicurus

Answer 2

Logical problem of evil
-‘if god is willing to prevent evil? but not able. then he is not omnipotent’

Question 3

J.L.Mackie

Answer 3

religious belief is irrational

Question 4

H.J.McCloskey

Answer 4

evil provides a contradiction for religious believers

Question 5

WLC

Answer 5

omnipotence doesn’t mean that God can do anything, rather that he can do anything that’s possible according to his nature

Question 6

Platinga

Answer 6

-Free will defence
-Good can only be realised by a world that contains suffering

Question 7

Marilyn Adam

Answer 7

Evil is sufficient reason to doubt whether the participants life could be a great good to them on the whole

Question 8

William Rowe

Answer 8

Some suffering can be seen as acceptable but not intense suffering which God could’ve prevented e.g. fawn & case of sue21

Question 9

Alston

Answer 9

We cannot understand the ways of God

Question 10

Gregory S Paul

Answer 10

death of 50 bill prenatural deaths of children challenges existence of God