Problem of Evil

Question 1

What is meant by natural evil

Answer 1

Evil that is caused by the means if a force outside of the control of free- will agents usually referred to as nature

Question 2

What is meant by the term evil

Answer 2

Anything that causes pain and suffering

Question 3

What is meant by moral evil

Answer 3

evil caused as the result of the free will agent

Question 4

Give an example of moral evil

Answer 4

Gun - family and friends become victims, some even die

Question 5

Give an example of natural evil

Answer 5

Flooding - damages property, lot of money has to get spent and even chances of death

Question 6

What is the problem of moral evil

Answer 6

one of the main philosophers issues that is raised by this type of evil. evil is caused by an individual that could have chosen to do good instead, does that mean that God cannot be held accountable for evil existence in the world

Question 7

what is it called when there is a constant challenge to those that would believe in a God

Answer 7

God of classical theism

Question 8

What is Hume quote about Epicurus

Answer 8

“Epicurus old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is able, but not willing? Then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is evil?

Question 9

What did Machie write about Epicurus

Answer 9

‘The problem of evil is the sense in which i shall be using the phrase, is a problem only for someone who believes that there is a God who is both omnipotent and wholly good. It is a logical problem, the problem of clarifying and reconciling a number of beliefs: it is not a scientific problem that might be solved by further observations, or a practical problem that might be solved by a decision or action’

Question 10

What is the inconsistent Triad

Answer 10

God is perfectly Good
God is all-powerful
Evil and suffering exist
Cant believe all of them at same time without contradictions and logical issues lies

Question 11

What is meant by omnipotent

Answer 11

All powerful

Question 12

What is Omniscient

Answer 12

All knowing

Question 13

What is Omnibenevolent

Answer 13

All loving

Question 14

If God is Omniscient and omnipotent what isnt he

Answer 14

Omnibenevolent

Question 15

If God is Omnibenevolent and omniscience then what isn’t he

Answer 15

Omnipotent

Question 16

If God is Omnipotent and omnibenevolent

Answer 16

Omniscience

Question 17

In J.L Mackie what is the alternative solution

Answer 17

Just to remove one point

Question 18

If we remove Omnipotent from God how can we understand evil better

Answer 18

We can understand evil exists and he loves his creation he want have the power to stop it

Question 19

What happens if we remove omnibenevolence from God and what do we understand about evil then

Answer 19

God has the power to remove evil but chooses not to (However opposite of classical theism)

Question 20

What happens if we remove evil in J.L Mackie ideas

Answer 20

That God keeps all his qualities and we misunderstand evil and could have a purpose. However Hume rejects this and says that the effects of evil are felt to widely and therefore is not possible for it to be dismissible

Question 21

How is the evidential problem of evil expressed simply

Answer 21

there are known facts about evil that are evidence of God
Evil that overwhelms the quantity and quality
Evil that is pointless because it serves no useful purpose

Question 22

Briefly explain the great dying

Answer 22

90% of marine species and 79% of land specifies disappeared (probably thing natural disasters). NASA described it as ‘perfect crime… some perpetrator or perpetrators committed murder on a scale unequalled in the history of the world’

Question 23

Explain Willian Rowe: Fawn in a forest

Answer 23

Suppose that in some distant forest a lighting strike causes a forest fire. A fawn is trapped in the fire and is horribly burnt and lies in agony for several days before it died. The agony appears to be pointless: suffers and died alone and not lead to any greater good whatsoever

Question 24

When looking at omniscience what does creation become a problem

Answer 24

If God Knew how much overwhelming and purposeless evil would occur why would God bother to create the universe

Question 25

what is A posteriori argument

Answer 25

takes the evidence of out own experience

Question 26

What Did John Stuart Mill have to say about evil alone

Answer 26

that evil alone is enough to prove that either God doesn’t exist or if he does he’s not all loving

Question 27

Mill arguments came from his response to the design argument but what is the design argument

Answer 27

That the design in the world was proof of there being a designer. Mill says using the same logic evidence of evil in the world can be used as proof of a malevolent creator