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Theodicy?

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Justification of God in the face of evil ad suffering

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Privation?

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A lack of an essential characteristic or property

Eg. Blindness is a lack of sight

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Inconsistent Triad?

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God cannot be omnipotent and omnibenevolent or evil would not exist

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Epistemic Distance?

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Gods existence is not obvious to humans in order to allow free will

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Eschatological?

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The end times or last days of the Universe; often a reference to the afterlife

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Intelligent Design?

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A scientific theory which suggests some features of the Universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligence, not an undirected process such as natural selection

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Natural Selection?

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The process in nature where the organisms best adapted to their environment survive and pass on their genetic characteristics while those less adapted tend to be eliminated

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Irreducible Complexity?

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A single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function of the system, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning

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Young Earth Creationism?

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The world is 6,000 years old according to Bishop Usher

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Old Earth Creationism?

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A ‘day’ in Genesis 1 is interpreted as a period of time, not 24 hours; agrees with science that the Earth is ancient, but God created it

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Omphalos Argument?

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God created the world with an appearance of age

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NOMA?

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Non-overlapping magesteria

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Theistic Evolution?

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An acceptance of evolution and modern science but seeing God in control of the process

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Progressive Creationism?

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God started the Big Bang and created all the species, allows for adaptation within species

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Anthropic Principle?

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The structure of the universe is such that is was inevitable that humankind would develop