process theodicy

Question 1

who intially proposed process theodicy and then who developed it

Answer 1

-proposed by Alfred Whitehead but was then developed by David Griffin

Question 2

what is the characteristics of the God described within process theodicy

Answer 2

God is not transentent and not omnipotent instead God is described to be a fellow sufferer

Question 3

How does God create the world in process theodicy

Answer 3

Proc ess theodicy removed the Ex-Nihilo concept that God created the world in the traditional christian sense and instead descrribes God to have created the world by started a seris of events using chaos matter

Question 4

why does evil exisit in the eyes of Griffins process theodicy

Answer 4

evil existis simply because God lacks the power to prevent evil instead god is a “fellow suffer”

Question 5

list two different strenghts of process theodicy

Answer 5

• The concept that God is a fellow sufferer creats a much more relatable God that followers can reside with more
• Process theodicy can be seen to do a good job at answering the ‘ why evil’ question asit simply answers- because God is incapapble of preventing it

Question 6

list three weakness’s of process theodicy

Answer 6

• Can it be regarded as a theodicy in the first place as it is not defending the God of classical christian text because he is not omnipotent
• is the God presentented in process theodicy even worthy of worship as heis not all pwoerful
• if God cannot stop evil why should we bother