the evidential problem of evil Flashcards
1
Q
this can be evidenced by observing examples of people’s …
A
suffering and/or loss
2
Q
John Stuart Mill’s example of the lchneumodae can be used to show this: [quote]
A
“𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒐𝒎𝒏𝒊𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬…”