Problem Of Evil Key Words Flashcards
Privation
A lack of goodness
Theodicy
Justification of God in the face of evil and suffering
Inconsistent triad
God can’t be omnipotent, omni-benevolent with there being evil in the world
Epistemic distance
Humans cannot know or be sure that God exists in order to preserve free will
Eschatology
Discussion about the end times
Soul making
Natural and moral evil have a purpose to allow humans to develop a likeness of God
Soul deciding
The individual decides where their soul will go depending on their response to Jesus
Moral evil
Result of human immorality
Natural evil
The apparent malfunction of the natural world
Dysteleological evil
Evil and suffering that does not seem to have a purpose
Logical problem of evil
Logical problems of God’s attributes
Evidential problem of Evil
The extent and amount of suffering and evil in the world
