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| Question | Answer |
| Define the word 'theodicy' | Theodicy means 'righteous God' |
| What makes a theodicy 'true'? | 1. Doesn't deny the existence of God 2. Doesn't support giving up faith when faced with the problem of evil and suffering 3. Allows God to possess all his primary attributes |
| What are the four different types of theodicies? | 1. Process theodicy 2. Reformulation 3. Ireneaus 4. Augustine |
| What is Process theodicy? | It claims that God did not create the universe, he started the evolutionary process but could not control it (bound by natural laws) |
| What is the Reformulation of Ireneaus' theodicy? | Hick reformed the Irenean theodicy by saying God suffers with us, he needed to grant us freewill (remained at an epistemic distance) |
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