the problem of evil

Question 1

What did Volitaire say about the problem of evil?

Answer 1

Horrified by the state of Lisboten, how can an omnibevenolent God cause this?

Question 2

What did Elie Wiesel say about God due to Austwitz;?

Answer 2

Said how can an all loving God cause this, made him rebel against worshipping God, can’t bless God as he caused torture.

Question 3

What did Epiricus say about the problem of evil?

Answer 3

How can an all loving, all knowing God make us suffer even though he knew we were suffering, challenges our belief in God. Epiricys claimed that if God is all powerful why didn’t he stop evil from occurring He then argued that if God can prevent evil but does not, then God is not good.

He linked these two points together, claiming that if God is all-powerful and good, then evil would not exist. There is no ````god

Question 4

What is an inconsistent triad?

Answer 4

is an argument against the concept of an all-powerful and all-loving God whilst suffering persists. Mackie created
if God is all-loving and all-powerful he should be able to prevent any suffering.

Question 5

What does John Stuart mill say about the problem of evil?

Answer 5

That God doesn’t;t exist if theres evil, but if God does exist he is not all-loving.

Question 6

What’S an example of moral evil?

Answer 6

Arnstadt Concentration Camp before-
Dig up bodega, too close to the forest because of the smell
Use human skin for lamps

Question 7

What does John hick say about in his book evil and the God of love?

Answer 7

Difficult to see with all suffering how there could be a goodGod
The world isn’t designed for the maximization of pleasure and the minimization of pain, but is rather well adapted to the quite different purpose
of soul making.

Question 8

What is a theodicy?

Answer 8

God is just and fair despite suffering

Question 9

What does William Rowe say about the existence f God?

Answer 9

Evidential argument, show the presence of evil in the world inductively supports that God does not exist.
Focuses on intrinsic evil; intense human and animal suffering

Question 10

What are William `Rowe’s argument?

Answer 10

omniscient, omnipotent being could have prevented without losing some greater good or persisting some evil bad or worse.
Omnisicnet wholly good being could have prevented intense suffering
Therefore there is no omnipotent, omniscient, wholly being

Question 11

What are William `Rowe’s argument?

Answer 11

omniscient, omnipotent being could have prevented without losing some greater good or persisting some evil bad or worse.
Omnisicnet wholly good being could have prevented intense suffering
Therefore there is no omnipotent, omniscient, wholly being
His premise iws- a wholly good being would not permit any gracious evil .

Question 12

The case of sue?

Answer 12

5 year old girl in flint, severely beaten, raped and strangled to death on New Years day 1986. Over jealously the boyfriend abused the woman and raped the 5 year old girl- dead.

Question 13

What does Gregory Paul propose about premature deaths?

Answer 13

If God exists he has allowed us to live a life with intense suffering
There have been around 100 billion humans born to date
Pre-1800 around 50% of people died before maturity

Question 14

What did Aquinas say about evil?

Answer 14

It is a privitation of goodness.

Question 15

What is privation of good in latin?

Answer 15

“privatio Boni”

Question 16

What does augustans theodicy mean?

Answer 16

The word of Bible was literally true, when God created the world “genesis- it was good”
Evil is not a real, positive quality. it was a falling away from goodness, evil first came into the world by the falling of angels. All angels were created perfect but some had less grave then others
Angels were trying to be ‘a lord of their own beings instead of relying on the goofnrdd of God.
We are all seminally present (from Adam and eve0` snd we are all responsible for this evil.

Question 17

Why did Augustine say its a vital to have free will?

Answer 17

Free will can be turned to evil, its vital for us to have free will
Firstly, humans have free will, and only those who choose to follow God will be forgiven and able to avoid Hell.

Question 18

what did Augustine say about hell?

Answer 18

Physical Hell exists. Humans have free will, and those who only choose to follow God will be forgiven and avoid hell
Adam and eve choice of sin affectedmour choice, we are unable to resist sin. Jesus Christ freed humans from original sin.
Even those who choose God’s grave will still go to hell for a time to purge them of their sin before heaven
we can only be saved if we choose grace

Question 19

What was Schielmachers critique?

Answer 19

Even if evil is a privation of the world, Got enabled it to go wrong or it wasn’t perfect to begin with.
Also thought it was difficult to understand how in a perfect world with no knowledge of bad how it could be possibly wrong to disobey god. Good and evil would be unknown (however commandments and the Bible).

Question 20

What is `iraneons theodicy?

Answer 20

God allows evil and suffering to have a pplave In the world and delieberaltey created with both so we could grow and achieve a relationship with God and so we could appreciate good.
There also has to be evil in the world so we can develop as individuals, if everything always went our well we could never appreciate the good.

Question 21

What is the Genesis 1.26 quote?

Answer 21

“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness”

Question 22

How does iraneous theodicy and augustines differ`/

Answer 22

Believed we weren’t created good but in a process of creatpm.
Irenaeus stated that God made humans imperfect and is therefore partly responsible for the existence of evil. To make humans perfect would take away their freedom to live in accordance with God’s will.

Question 23

What does Elie wise quote say?

Answer 23

“he is almighty isn’t he? so he could use his might to save the victims but he doesn’t! so whose side is he on?

Question 24

What is the quotation from iraneons theodicy?

Answer 24

In time, all evil will be overcome and everyone will come to God, justifying evil and suffering

Question 25

What is the quotation from st Augustine about us being seminally present?

Answer 25

“we are seminally present in the loins of Adam…All evil is either sin or the punishment for sin”

Question 26

Why does Paul suggest there is no god?

Answer 26

C 1900 the use around 13% of infants died and 20% under 5

Question 27

What are Pauls 2 premises?

Answer 27

A) those children who can freely to be with god are sent to hell or held in limbo this seems unfair they are in the position because of the world god created
b_) if they go to heaven without choosing they are not beingg allowed to exercise their free will, and the point of their earth experience has been engaged.

Question 28

What are the contraiticons in the bible?

Answer 28

Hell cannot be created by an all loving God, evil always existed and can only be responding by god

Question 29

How is moltamann related to evil?

Answer 29

Chritisna identity identification with the crucified christ

The crucified god. Contradictary argument to problem of evil, god suffers too, god suffers for us and with us

Question 30

What did Wisel say about a person being hung from the gallows?

Answer 30

Where is he?- this is where- hanging from the gallows
Wisel suggested that he stopped believing in God because he wasn’t there or god was there but just isn’t worthy of worship (protest worship)

Question 31

What did William Craig say about the problem of evil?

Answer 31

Thus, although evil in one sense calls into question God’s existence, in a more fundamental sense it demonstrates God’s existence, since evil could not exist without God.

Question 32

What did prof plantinaga say?

Answer 32

distant Creator or impersonal ground of being, but a loving Father who shares our sufferings and hurts with us. Prof. Plantinga has written

Question 33

What does niebhur say about the problem of evil which can be linked to determisim?

Answer 33

The parable of the wheat and tares, suggests we are under our own consciousness but this is false as god is under these pretences.