Theodicy

At a young age majority of us grew up believing that there is a higher being above us that created us, that shaped our lives to be where it is now, and that being is known as god. When we were a child, we did not have a choice whether we truly believed in the existence of God. We were told what to believe and never questioned it that belief. In this essay, I will analyze the existence of god between “Does God Exist?” by Ernest Nagel and “Why God Allows Evil” by Richard Swinburne. Although Nagel…

He indirectly gave us the potential to sin. In a different reasoning, “Jesus consistently refrained from any indication of a full theodicy for humans now. Instead, he suggests, as indicated, that typical humans are not in a position now to understand God’s full purpose in allowing unjust suffering and evil” (Moser 196). Moser gives a Christological reason on theodicy by explaining man’s limited knowledge on the divine. He tells us that there is no reason for God to explain evil in man, and…

possible worlds. Two of the most well known Enlightenment writers, Alexander Pope and Francois-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, share their own opposing opinions on this idea throughout their pieces of writing. Pope’s Essay on Man serves as a theodicy, a genre that asks how evil exists in the world if God is all good and powerful. Pope believes that God has created a design for…

the human race. John Hick’s theodicy has been criticized by Edward H. Madden and Peter H. Hare. They believe that Hick’s theodicy is an “all or nothing” fallacy. The greater goods defense supports the idea that people must suffer, like the example of the parent losing their child, in order to become a better person with forgiving characteristics. In Hicks argument he assumes that God chooses people to go through evil events rather than not have any evil. In this theodicy God it is believed…

premises (all-knowing or all-powerful) or denying the existence of god. Besides this, Mackie describes various of the solutions he considers to be fallacious that have been presented by several theists. Each of these solutions can be considered a theodicy because they are an attempt to show that the existence of evil does not rule out the possibility of God’s…

One of the first questions that we asked Dr. Henson was whether she believed in the presence of a conflict between science and religion. Her response was in accordance to some of the things that Timothy Larson mentioned in his article. According to Henson, she did not believe that there was any conflict between science and faith. Instead, Dr. Henson said that she believed in apparent paradoxes/contradictions which are things that appear to look conflicting but are not really in conflict with…

theologians agree the incomprehensibility of God . “We do not know why there is so much evil in the world, or why it is distributed so unevenly, but we are nevertheless to trust God and have patience” (p.127). Another point is that revolves in theodicy is whether it is God allows for disasters to occurs not. I would like to give my own thoughts based on these concepts. If theologians agree that we as humans may not know more than God himself then I think…

A theodicy is an argument that attempts to make evil compatible with God. Conceivably the most famous theodicy is the free will defence. It argues that evil is the product of our free will. God gave us free will, something that is very beneficial. It is better to have a universe that is free, than without…

For many Theists, the ‘Problem of Evil’ is one of the greatest difficulties that consequently contradict the image of God or the existence of a Deity. The Problem challenges how a limitlessly benevolent, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent God can allow evil to exist. The problem was first tackled as early as 342-270 BC by Epicurus, "Is God willing but not able to prevent evil? Then he is impotent. Is he able but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Whence then is…

description on things that were happening in there besides what we all know about the terror camp. Faulstick, DH 2010, 'PROTEST OR PROCESS: THEODICY RESPONSES TO ELIE WIESEL'S THE TRIAL OF GOD', Renascence, vol. 62, no. 4, p. 293. A literary criticism of the play "The Trial of God," by Elie Wiesel is presented. It examines Wiesel's exploration of theodicy and the goodness of God in the play, as well as the power of God and the reality of evil. Additional topics…