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Good and Evil
Catholic POV: Origin of Evil
John Hick
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John Hick agreed with
Irenaeus’
theory (called the Irenaean Theodicy) believing humans = created with room for
spiritual growth
Argued soul-making
is a response to evil. If evils didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to develop and perfect ourselves
spiritually
Some suffering we can never understand or rationalise, meaning we can't ever truly understand
God’s reasoning
or
plan.
Believes
humans are born with an immense distance between them and God (
epistemic
distance).
Good as God isn't close enough to
restrict free-will.
Bad as we're born not knowing of God’s
existence
and can't easily gain said
knowledge.
Process of
soul-making
involves struggle to find
religious faith.