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What is this? |
A modern presentation of the Irenaean theodicy |
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What does he argue? |
Both natural and moral evil are necessary for soul-making |
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What does this mean? |
An all loving God is justified in making a world like this and allowing humans to perform evil acts |
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What does he say God did? |
God deliberately created humans imperfect to enable them to complete the process of completion themselves. |
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How does he say humans were created? |
They are created in the 'image of God' with the potential to achieve perfection in the future (the likeness of God) |
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What did Irenaeus mean by likeness? |
A certain valuable quality of personal life which reflect finitely the divine life (God) |
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Which quotes reflect the perfecting of man? |
'bringing of many sons to glory' humans are 'fellow heirs with Christ' |
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What des it mean if this likeness is to be achieved? |
God is partly responsible for evil as it allows humans to become 'children of God' |
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What does he argue about this? |
God has a sufficiently good reason for allowing evil which does not compromise his omnibenevolence. |
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What does he say evil does? |
It allows us to form virtues by overcoming temptations and challenges. |
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What is his quote about this? |
Intrinsically more valuable than virtues created within him ready made without effort on his own part |
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What does he say about love? |
If God had created us so that we automatically loved him, our love would be meaningless |
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What does he say about evil? |
It is essential to develop moral perfection, so by allowing evil, God is actually demonstrating his omnibenevolence. No suffering is pointless |
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What does he say about how God created the perfect environment for soul-making? |
If God had made us automatically aware of his divine power, the gap between us and God would be so small that we would have no freedom in relation to God. Therefore, we must have awareness but not certainty of God. |
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What is Hick's quote about this? |
In order to be a person, exercising some measure of genuine freedom, the creature must be brought into existence, not in the immediate divine presence, but at a distance from God |
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What is this distance? |
An epistemic distance, so we are born with the innate knowledge of God's existence and have to seek God through faith. We can acknowledge or turn away from God |
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What is the problem if God was too imminent? |
Humans would be overwhelmed by God's expectations and would obey God not by choice, but because he was watching them |
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What does he say about natural evil? |
It has a part to play as if the world was a paradise with no possible chance of ever causing any harm, we would not be free as every possible action would result in happiness. Evil and good would be indistinguishable. |
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What does he say would happen without evil? |
Everyone would follow God's laws because there'd be no difficulty in doing so. Qualities like courage would be impossible so there'd be no opportunity to develop into God's likeness. |
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How does development occur? |
By avoiding temptation to commit moral evil and dealing with challenges brought about when others commit it. As well as coping with suffering caused by natural evil |
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What is the quote for this? |
Unpredictable contingencies and dangers-in which unexpected and undeserved calamities may occur to anyone- because only in such a world can mutual caring and love be elicited |
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What does he say about the world? |
It offer opportunities for 'moral growth and development' which wouldn't be available in a pain free world |
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What is the first importance of the after life? |
The process towards the likeness of God is rarely completed in life, except for saints. If life were to end at death, God's original purpose for creation would be frustrated |
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What is the second importance of the after life?
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Only a supremely good future in Heaven can justify the magnitude of the suffering endured. |
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What is the third importance of the after life?
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Many 'evil' people are just 'victims of the system'. It would threaten God's justice if these people were overlooked and not given a place in Heaven. |
