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John Hick
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Defined evil as
"physical pain, mental suffering and moral wickedness" for Hick the consequence of evil is suffering. |
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Natural Evil
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natural evil - suffering caused by events that have nothing to do with humans, and which are to do with the way the world is, eg, natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, floods or earthquakes
or The apparent malfunctioning of the natural world eg. Diseases and natural disasters |
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Moral evil
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moral (or human) evil - suffering caused by humans acting in a way that is considered morally wrong eg, bullying, murder, rape, theft or terrorism
or The result of human immorality |
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The problem of evil
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The monotheistic God of Christianity assumes the divine qualities of OMNIPOTENCE, OMNICIENT and OMNIBENEVOLENT. however the existence of evil and suffering in the world provides a challenge to the belief in the God of classical theism
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Augustine key quote ??
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Augustine in his book "confessions" he recognised this problem ;
"Either God is not able to abolish evil or not willing ; if he is not able to then he is not all powerful, if he is not willing then he is not all loving" |
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Inconsistent triad
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J.L Mackie
The three are logically inconsistent. If God is omnipotent, he is aware of the existing evil and suffering and knows how to put a stop to it. If God is Omni-benevolent he will want to put a stop to it. Yet evil and suffering does exist. |
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David Hume
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only 3 possibilities exist :
1) God is not Omni-benevolent 2) God is not omnipotent 3) Evil does not exist since we can support the view that Evil exists, if such a god exists he is either impotent or malicious not the God of classical theism and therefore does not exist. |
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Anthony Flew
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Antony Flew wrote that the biggest challenge to the believer is accepting that the existence of evil and suffering is a major problem that demands an adequate response. The problem faced by monotheists demands a solution, not of qualification; in which the nature of God is arbitrarily changed to suit different circumstances – this concept of God ‘dies the death of a thousand qualifications,’ but by the rational justification of God’s right to allow evil and suffering to continue despite his ability to stop it.
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Qualification of a theodicy
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The vindication of divine providence in view of the existence of evil.
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Augustinian theodicy (soul deciding theodicy)
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1) The world was made perfect, with no evil,
Genesis 1:31: “God saw all that he had made and saw that it was very good" 2) Evil is a "privation of goodness" just as blindness is privation of sight, God could not have created it 3) The existence of evil is from the free will of Humans and Angels who turned their back on God and settled for lesser goods. |
