Socratic Method Flashcards
Who is Epicurus
Greek philosopher
Lived in a time with no Christianity
Socratic method one
Is god willing to prevent evil but not able to
Then not omnipotent
Socratic method two
Is god able to prevent evil but not willing to
Then he malevolent
Socratic method three
Is god able an willing to prevent evil
If so why is there evil
What’s iraneus think
Evil is a necessity for a purposeful life
What does god being deistic mean
Created world and didn’t care anymore after
What’s mackies toddler analogy
If a child were to touch a boiling and hurt himself what would u do
You’d slap his hand
Then he learn not to do again
So evil could be a learning curve
Epidemic distance meant
We don’t have gods knowledge
What the amount of evil challenge
Sheer amount of evil challenges idea of a good creation or a good creator
Richard Dawkins view on evil
Amount of suffering in animal kingdoms outweighs value of good
What does Paul say
If a creator exists it has chosen to create a habitat which maximises level of suffering and death among children
What does hostile world add creator equal
Careless/malevolent god