The Problem Of Evil

Question 1

Privation

Answer 1

A lack of goodness

Question 2

Theodicy

Answer 2

Justification of God in the face of evil and suffering

Question 3

Inconsistent triad

Answer 3

God can’t be omnipotent, omnibenevolent with evil in the world

Question 4

Epistemic distance

Answer 4

Humans cannot know or be sure that God exists in order to preserve free will

Question 5

Soul making

Answer 5

Natural and moral evil have a purpose to allow humans to develop a likeness of God (hick)

Question 6

Soul deciding

Answer 6

The individual decides where their soul will go depending in their response to Jesus (Augustine)

Question 7

Moral evil

Answer 7

The result of human immorality

Question 8

Natural evil

Answer 8

The apparent malfunction of the natural world

Question 9

Dysteleological evil

Answer 9

Evil and suffering that does not seem to have purpose

Question 10

Logical problem of evil

Answer 10

Logical problems of Gods attributes

Question 11

Evidential problem of evil

Answer 11

The extent and amount of suffering and evil in the world