The Problem of Evil

Question 1

Evil as non-being:

Answer 1

Plato, Aquinas, Hegel

Question 2

Good vs evil battle:

Answer 2

Luther

Question 3

Despotism:

Answer 3

Calvin, common in Islam

Question 4

Pain and suffering has a Purpose:

Answer 4

Keats, common in Hinduism

Question 5

Who coined theodicy:

Answer 5

Leibniz

Question 6

Evil as non-being:

Answer 6

Plato, Aquinas, Augustine (no that’s not an error, he thought that as well)

Question 7

Two opposing powers:

Answer 7

Early Christians, Luther

Question 8

Despotism:

Answer 8

Calvin, common in Islam

Question 9

Suffering is beneficial:

Answer 9

Keats, common in Hinduism, Irenaeus

Question 10

Humans invented evil by misusing free will:

Answer 10

Augustine - that also explains natural evil And we’ll also get eternally punished as well :)))

Question 11

Natural evil is a result of having a predictable universe:

Answer 11

Irenaeus - it’s not predictable tho, and why not just make it good?

Question 12

Criticisms of Irenaeus:

Answer 12

Hume - world could be more hospitable and still teach us
Swinburne - suffering actually Is limited by lifespan and physical capacity - agrees we couldn’t be good without suffering tho

Question 13

Irenaeus but better:

Answer 13

Hick - talks about epistemic distance and That’s why there’s suffering as well as becoming more god like, we’re all sin prone

Question 14

Process theology:

Answer 14

Every event has a possible best outcome, but we don’t always pick it - inherent risk in that - Griffin

Question 15

Could choose freely and always right:

Answer 15

Mackie - makes god immoral that it Didn’t do that

Question 16

Freedom is better than robots:

Answer 16

most people but specifically Plantinga

Question 17

That one Fantastic passage on why god sucks:

Answer 17

Dostoyevsky - suffering Sucks, price of heaven isn’t worth it, can’t undo the suffering by making amends in the afterlife (chef’s kiss)