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Flashcards by Thomas Woodcock, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is moral Evil? | Moral Evil is evil done by humans |
| What is natural Evil? | Natural evil is evil done by nature |
| What is the logical problem of evil? | The logical problem of evil is the idea that an all loving, all powerful, all knowing, perfectly good god wouldn't allow evil, evil exists ergo either god doesn't exist or doesn't have these characteristics |
| What is the evidential problem of evil? | The evidential problem of evil is the idea that there is too much and too great amount of suffering for a good god to allow |
| What is a theodicy? | A theodicy is the vindication of God in the face of suffering and evil |
| What is the inconsistent triad? | The inconsistent triad is the idea that if god is all powerful and all loving then evil wouldn't exist, but evil does exist, so God has to lose one of the characteristics. |
| What are free will theodicies? | Free will theodicies justify suffering and evil as they say god gave us free will to do evil acts |
| What was Augustine's free will theodicy? | Augustine said that Adam and Eve used their own free will to reject God's goodness to introduce evil and suffering in to their lives |
| Accourding to Augustine, what is suffering? | Suffering is the privation of good and the absence of God's perfection |
| What was Leibniz' free will theodicy? | Leibniz said that without free will but with suffering, the world would be hellish, without free will and without suffering, there would be no life, with free will but without suffering, the world would be a meaningless 'toy' world so to exist as we do we need both free will and suffering |
| What was Mackie's free will theodicy? | Mackie said that God created us with the freedom to maximise first order goods and minimise first order evils, god couldn't develop all that is best in humanity (second order goods) without giving us the freedom to choose or reject all that is bad for humanity (second order evils) |
| Why is Griffin an extremely liberal christian? | Griffin is an extremely liberal christian because he rejects God's omnipotence, transcendence and creatio ex nihlo |
| Why doesn't God intervene to stop evil and suffering according to Griffin? | Griffin would say that as God is not all powerful, then he can't stop evil, as he can't control 'low level entities' such as atoms and molecules |
| What does John Hick think about Augustine's free will theodicy? | Hick thinks it is a 'product of religious imagination' and 'utterly unacceptable' |
| Who's theodicy does Hick adapt? | Hick Adapts Irenaeus' soul making theodicy |
| What was Hick's parent and child analogy? | Hick's parent and child analogy says that our relation to God is that of a child to a parent, god can't force us to do good, but have to do it of their own free will, all the parent can do is guide their child to a loving relationship |
| According to Hick, how did God create us? | For Hick, God created us in his image (bios) but not in his likeness (Zoe) |
| What is Zoe? | Zoe is Jesus like spiritual perfection |
| How can we become more spiritually perfect? | Through suffering, as it can push us towards religion, it can lead us to appreciate what we have, it can encourage moral behaviour and develop our moral character |
| What is eschatological verification? | Eschatological verification is the idea that we will only learn the truth of the afterlife in the afterlife, so only after we have died |
| What is the celestial city analogy? | The celestial city analogy is What Hick used to describe eschatological verification |
| What happens after we die according to Hick? | For Hick we go to purgatory to continue to become spiritually perfect, where we become a 'child of God' and then we enter heaven |
| What does Hick think about Hell? | For Hick there is no Hell, as eternal suffering can't be justified, so everyone will reach heaven eventually, it will just take longer for some people, with more suffering until they choose to love God |
| What types of suffering does Hick not think can be justified? | The types of suffering that Hick doesn't think can be justified is: 1. unnecessary suffering 2. suffering that doesn't lead to soul making 3. excessive suffering |
| What is epistemic distance? | Epistemic distance is the idea that we are a great distance form God and ergo can't know what God knows, because if we did we wouldn't freely choose to love God and do good, and if we knew why we had to suffer then we would be compelled to do good not freely choose to do good |
| What is a strength to Hick's soul making theodicy? | Without evil, virtues such as courage trust and tolerance could not form, ergo evil is essential to 'soul making' |
| What is a weakness to Hick's soul making theodicy? | This theodicy doesn't justify all evil and suffering so in those cases the problem still stands |
| What is another strength to Hick's soul making theodicy? | it can incorporate science and evolution as it doesn't rely on a period in the past of perfection |
| What is another weakness of Hick's soul making theodicy? | it contradicts the bible which says that people will have eternal punishment in hell |
| What is a strength to Griffin's process theology? | As God contains the sensory experience of the universe, he feels and understands one's pain and suffering |
| What is a weakness to Griffin's process theology? | Griffin's interpretation of God is so different from that of the bible and traditional Christianity, that it could be seen as avoiding the problem, or that it is no longer Christianity |
| What is a strength to free will theodicies? | They shows that God can't force us to do good and have the ability to choose evil |
| What is a weakness to free will theodicies? | It Doesn't deal with natural evil or the evidential problem as free will can't justify all suffering , historically and scientifically inaccurate, genesis 2, do we even have free will, |
| How can free will free will theodicies deal with natural evil? | Nature evil is free to obey the laws of nature and God can't do anything to change this |
| What is an example of nature being free from God to obey the laws of nature? | Gravity, God couldn't stop a rock from falling on ones head, the rock is free to follow the laws of nature/gravity |
| Could God stop evil without taking away free will? | yes, he could prevent something happening such as a murder without taking away the murderers free will |
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