Fall Term (2008) Essay Assignment A Study Of: John Hick’s “The Problem of Evil” and Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Star” Audrey Scott 4272258 PHIL1F91 Andrew T. Seminar 10 The Problem of Evil as outlined as John Hick is that “if God is perfectly loving, he must wish to abolish evil; and if he is all-powerful, he must be able to abolish evil. But evil exists; therefore God cannot be both omnipotent and perfectly loving” (Hick, 1963). In this essay the topic of John Hick’s solutions to “The Problem
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In this paper, I will argue in support of Wykstra’s criticism of the Evidential Problem of Evil’s (EPE) claim that ‘probably, there exist pointless evils’. I will contest the arguments against Wykstra’s criticism and give alternative examples. Wykstra’s Argument Wykstra asserts that man’s cognitive limitations cannot be compared with the omnipotent and omniscient nature of God, and it is unsurprising that the evil in the world is inscrutable to us. To illustrate, he utilizes the good parent analogy
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Since the beginning of times, the problem of evil has been in our planet. In a matter of a natural catastrophe, spiritually or intentionally hurtful actions by people, evil has been causing pain, damage and drastic negative changes in nature and human lives. If we consider these facts, a question arises:- “Why bad things happen to good people? Or why bad things happen in the world?.” There has been a lot of investigations from all type of people that practice different religions in reference
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The infamous Problem of Evil goes something like, “If God is omniscient, omnipotent, or omni-benevolent, He would erase evil; however, evil exists, so God must not havethose qualities or exist Himself.”. I intend to argue that the argument above is invalid.For clarity, as well as restrictions to personal knowledge, I will approach this argument from a Judeo-Christian background. To start, I believe that the Problem of Evil can be broken up into sections: The existence of evil, the traits of God,
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Short Essay #1 Hamartiology: The Problem of Evil (Theodicy) The problem with evil is that it is hard to believe that in a world created by a God that is supposed to be an all loving all power full God then why would he allow evil to be in the world. Why would he allow for killings and cancer and natural disasters? Evil is a byproduct of free will, because we are free to choose between doing the right thing, that equates to good, and doing the wrong thing, equating to evil. If God didn't give
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St Augustine was a Christian theologian and philosopher, her works greatly inspired Western philosophy and Christianity– she also developed the Augustinian theodicy. The Augustinian theodicy is a theodicy that states evil is an absence of good and it has no power in its own right. It says that if creation doesn’t show its intention of glorifying God then it is different than what it was intended for. So since God is omnipotent
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JOURNAL ARTICLE CRITIQUE of Tratkakis, Nick “Replies On The Alleged Failure of Free Will Theodicies: A Reply to Tierno” Department of Philosophy, Monash University, Spohia, Vol. 42, No. 2, October 2003 Theo 525 LUO (fall 2013) Systematic Theology I Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Jeremy W. Allexon (ID# 25923739) September 22, 2013 Introduction The purpose of this piece is to conduct an analysis and re-butt Joel Tierno’s argument “that free will only accounts for choices that
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Hamartiology: The Problem of Evil (Theodicy) – Your neighbor Sam greets you outside as you return home from church one Sunday. After the usual chitchat, he confides in you that he has been troubled with the news, recent reports of natural catastrophes, wars, disease, and so on. He asks if you could help him make sense of the presence of evil in the world - if indeed God exists. Keeping this scenario in mind, answer the following questions in your essay: • What is the problem of evil? • Define
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Hamartiology: The Problem of Evil (Theodicy) An age-old question that has been and is being asked from various religions, cultures, and socioeconomic backgrounds is how can a loving and good God allow evil to come into the world? It is a problem that has come up several times by mostly atheists and non-believers, but few Christians are asking it as well. This paper is going to address the problem of evil, why bad things happen to good people, and state the theodicies that explain and answer the problem
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God is not all good. As an imperfect God is not of classical theism, some believers could say this God is not worth worshipping if that God isn't omnibenevolent. A solution to the problem of suffering is the Augustian theodicy, proposed by St. Augustine (AD 354-430). His theodicy, an attempt to justify the existence of a loving God in the face of evil, argues that God created the world and it was perfect, without the existence of evil and suffering. He defines evil as the absence of goodness so
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