Problem of Evil Flashcards
“Epicurus’ old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is _________. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is __________. Is he both able and willing? Why then is there evil?”
“Epicurus’ old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Why then is there evil?” - David Hume
“Here it can be shown, not that religious beliefs lack rational support, but that they are positively __________, that several parts of the essential theological doctrine are ___________ with one another.”
“Here it can be shown, not that religious beliefs lack rational support, but that they are positively irrational, that several parts of the essential theological doctrine are inconsistent with one another.” - J. L. Mackie
‘It was obvious to me that things which are liable to __________ are good. …It there were no good in them there would be nothing capable of being _________.’
‘It was obvious to me that things which are liable to corruption are good. …It there were no good in them there would be nothing capable of being corrupted.’ - Augustine
“its corruption is an _____ because it is a __________ of the good”
“its corruption is an evil because it is a privation of the good” - Augustine
“Make the tree good and the fruits will be ______ or make the tree bad and its fruits will be ____”
“Make the tree good and the fruits will be good or make the tree bad and its fruits will be bad” - Augustine
“we cannot ____________ the mind of God, and what appears to be _____ to us may not be evil at all”
“we cannot understand the mind of God, and what appears to be evil to us may not be evil at all” - Augustine
“it was possible for God Himself to have made Man _________from the first, but Man could not receive his (perfection), being a yet an ______.”
“it was possible for God Himself to have made Man perfect from the first, but Man could not receive his (perfection), being a yet an infant.”
- Irenaeus
“Shall we accept _____ from God, and not ________?”
“Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” - Job
“Bone cancer in
children; what’s that about? How dare you? How dare you create a world filled with such __________ that is not our fault. It’s not right. It’s _______, _______ _____.”
“Bone cancer in
children; what’s that about? How dare you? How dare you create a world filled with such suffering that is not our fault. It’s not right. It’s totally, totally evil.” - Stephen Fry
“Now the serpent was _______ than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.”
“Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.” - Genesis 3
“you will be like God, knowing _____ and _____.”
“you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” - Genesis 3
