Problem of Evil - Augustine Flashcards
Augustine - Intro
Through history…..
universally accepted world not perf
whilst ob perfect/beautiful things, cannot escape from abundance of evil
This poses overwhelming challenge…
Theodices tfore arose as attempt to reconcile
Augustine - P1
central = brivato boni !!
blindness, God good, deprivation not pos sub
:) - emphasises goodness (did not create it)
:( - acts holocaust = ACT
Scheiermacher - logical contradiction perf world went wrong “ex nihilo”
either world not perf begin//created w poss of evil!!!!!!!!!!💀💀-partly to blame at least, reject A
SIMILARLY- G made 🌎 perf…. how did A+E have K to sin?? implies G most def had K of concept of evil
further Q omniB + no JudeoC G 😈😈
Augustine - P2
Aug emphasises ex of heaven and hell
STRENGTH!! Redeem- J.D??? justice??
IN CONTEXT OF PRIVATIO BONI - fatal flaw
Omni B god + concept of hell 🤬🤬🤬
part of design of world
anticipated world go wrong…
hell as eternal torment, only G has power
Augustine - P3
Heavily based on biblical idea of the Fall - orig sin, world made perfect then damaged by hu
Contrary to EVO theory
into state of chaos VS from chaos
biblical idea “falling” - CONTRA any sci K that world initially chaos then gradual habitable
-EVO well supported by objective evidence, damaging plausibility of creation story as historical fact
Augustine - P3 part 2
Similarly to EVO - loins of AdZ
“seminally present” inherited sin
BIO AND EVO INACCURATE MUST REJECT😡😡😡😡
goes against Darwin natural selection! (no use of inheriting sin!)
wrongly assumes from ult unprovable doctrine that A+E reason for millions of suffering - ignorant!!!
puts blame on AE yet all suffer - if not sem present (which are not!) then G wrongly allowing us to suffer - challenges omniB
