problem of evil Flashcards
hume
posteriori
evil in world shows god cannot exist becuae evil does
classical theistic god
hume philosophically
only justified in believing what evidence suggests
only have evidence of imperfection
justified in believing there is imperf
belief in a perfectly good being is unjustified
paley
broken watch still has maker
c htichens
evolution itself is proof we werent created by a perfect god
millions of years of suffering and extinction
adam and eve
if god was truly present in garden of eden they wouldnt have had ability/ capacity to sin
moral evil
result of human choice
non moral
found in nature nothing to human choice
natural
any evil that arises in nature with no human agencies
logical problem of evil
tries to show logical impossibility in coexistence of god and evil
inconsistent triad
evil god omnipotent god omnibenevolent
evidential p o e
evil is a problem for everyone
tries to find reasons for evil existence
objections
evil is not a single thing - ‘problem’ lumps it all together when it cannot be
distribution of evil highly disproportionate
brian hebblethwaite
natural evil is non existent its just siffering
evil is human wickedness
free will
evil is a result of this
god wouldnt be omnibenevolent if he didnt give this to us
wouldnt be made in imago dei
6 points
hick
problem to be solved
human beings
the fall
soul making
natural disaster
eschatological aspect
augustine
based arg on bible
evil didnt come from god
evil came from somewhere else- justifies god letting it stay
