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In March 2011, Japan was devastated by a massive earthquake quickly followed by a tsunami. To have either one of those events happen would be a significant evil, but for both to occur may count as an “extreme” evil. How would Swinburne explain why God allowed the Japan disaster to happen? (75%) Do you agree with Swinburne’s reasoning here? If not, explain what you think is wrong with his reasoning. If instead you agree with Swinburne, then how would you respond to those who say that his theodicy for “extreme” evils does not adequately explain those evils, such as the Japan disaster? (25%) First and foremost, we all can agree that there is so much evil in this World that human beings feel like there is no God. For that if …show more content…
Then that criminal will stop being a serial killer. Because if someone commits evil and is rewarded with good. Then that person will continue to do evil for that the evil doer sees his evils as good actions. Yet if someone commits evil and is rewarded with bad. Then that person will stop the evils that he/she does for that he/she acknowledges that his/her actions were sinful. Moreover, Richard G. Swinburne’s philosophical thinking is equivalent to the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang.Yin is negative,dark,and feminine while yang is positive,bright,and masculine. In Swinburne’s theodicy(divine goodness in sight of the existence of evil) there must be some form of evil in order to achieve the greater good. Just like there can’t be a valley without a mountain. Well there can’t be good without evil. Swinburne’s theodicy relates to the yin and yang. One force of positivity can’t let the World prosper without there being a punishable negative force. Since opposites attract like magnets. To conclude with this, the author of this article still believes in God even though we as human beings go through so much evil such as the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami
In March 2011, Japan was devastated by a massive earthquake quickly followed by a tsunami. To have either one of those events happen would be a significant evil, but for both to occur may count as an “extreme” evil. How would Swinburne explain why God allowed the Japan disaster to happen? (75%) Do you agree with Swinburne’s reasoning here? If not, explain what you think is wrong with his reasoning. If instead you agree with Swinburne, then how would you respond to those who say that his theodicy for “extreme” evils does not adequately explain those evils, such as the Japan disaster? (25%) First and foremost, we all can agree that there is so much evil in this World that human beings feel like there is no God. For that if …show more content…
Then that criminal will stop being a serial killer. Because if someone commits evil and is rewarded with good. Then that person will continue to do evil for that the evil doer sees his evils as good actions. Yet if someone commits evil and is rewarded with bad. Then that person will stop the evils that he/she does for that he/she acknowledges that his/her actions were sinful. Moreover, Richard G. Swinburne’s philosophical thinking is equivalent to the Chinese philosophy of yin and yang.Yin is negative,dark,and feminine while yang is positive,bright,and masculine. In Swinburne’s theodicy(divine goodness in sight of the existence of evil) there must be some form of evil in order to achieve the greater good. Just like there can’t be a valley without a mountain. Well there can’t be good without evil. Swinburne’s theodicy relates to the yin and yang. One force of positivity can’t let the World prosper without there being a punishable negative force. Since opposites attract like magnets. To conclude with this, the author of this article still believes in God even though we as human beings go through so much evil such as the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami