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section a: philosophy of religion
problem of evil
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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
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