John Hick’s modern Irenaean Theodicy

Question 1

humans not made perfect but develop in 2 stages

Answer 1

Stage 1: Spiritually immature: through struggle to survive and evolve, humans can develop into spiritually mature beings.
The Fall is a result of immature humans who are only in the image of God.
Stage 2: Grow into a relationship with God

Question 1

Epistemic distance

Answer 1

-gap in knowledge
-means that we cannot truly know of God’s existence
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Question 2

peter vardy
peasenant example

Answer 2

-king falls in love w a peasant girl+ forces her to marry him
-girl doesnt love him+ only does it due to obedience to authority out of fear.
-if god appeared to us we would obey his authority rather than loving what is good for its own sake=morally superior move+ so most conductive to soul making

Question 3

hell v heaven

Answer 3

-everyone will be saved since a loving god wouldnt send ppl hell
-universal salvation but post-mortem soul making is needed.