Problem of Evil Scholars Flashcards
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Dawkins on Augustinian Theodicy
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- The belief in Sin caused by Adam and Eve is illogical and dangerous
- “it is absurd to imagine that the corruption of all humanity rests on two induviduals”
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Schliermacher on Augustinian Theodicy
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- Saw it as a logical contradiction that something created perfect could turn from God and that the nature of Sin is different from what Augustine suggests
- “Virtue is only a conflict by which we get the mastery of our failings; that, by which every man proves his peculiar power of understanding the will and spirit of God, is only a silent working of the inner man.”
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DZ Phillips on the Iranaean Theodicy
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- Although Christians feels that the problem of evil is something that cannot be solved, especially by instrumentialism
- “I am opposed to instrumentialism in Ethics,. To rescue sufferings from degradation by employing cost benefit analysis is like recruiting a prostitute from degradation by telling her to charge higher fees”
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Swinburne
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- Supports the Iranaen theodicy and attempts the answer the dysteleological evil hick sees as unnecessary
- “he would be like an overprotective parent who will not let his child out of his sight for a moment”
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Fry
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- Thinks that there is no morally acceptable reason for evil existing in the world.
- “a mean and pernicious God”
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D.Z. Phillips view of evil in The Concept of Prayer
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allowing evil to continue can never be an expression of love
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William Lane Craig on evil
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God suffers too- Jesus suffered bearing sins of entire world
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Mary Baker Eddif on evil
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evil is an illusion
