problem of evil

• the inconsistent triad:

  • God is omnipotent + omnibenevolent, and yet evil exists
• the logical problem of evil = evil makes the existence of God impossible

  • claims that the existence of evil would rule out the existence of a supreme being
• the evidential problem of evil = evil makes the existence of God improbable

  • involves determining to what extent the existence of evil constitutes as evidence against the existence of God
• theodicy = a response to the problem of evil
• Augustine Theodicy = it is not God's fault that evil occurs, it is mans fault

  • makes the inconsistent triad redundant
  • doesn't explain natural evil
• Irenaen Theodicy = evil + suffering leads us to growth