Theodicies Flashcards
1
Q
What is the problem of evil?
A
- inconsistent triad
- ‘is God willing to prevent evil but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is God able to prevent evil but not willing? Then he is malevolent. If he is both able and willing. Then whence cometh evil?’
2
Q
What is a theodicy?
A
An attempt to explain why there is evil and the world and God has the characteristics of the Bible
3
Q
Who is it a problem for?
A
Monotheistic believers
4
Q
Who’s is the soul deciding theodicy?
A
Augustine’s
5
Q
Who’s is the soul making theodicy?
A
Irenaeus’s
6
Q
Two main points of Hick’s theodicy
Who’s poem does he use
A
- Everyone goes to heaven (universal salvation)
- Epistemic distance
Uses Keats poem
7
Q
What does Schleiermacher say?
A
- evil must have created itself ex nihilo = illogical
8
Q
What does D.Z.Phillips say?
A
Allow reviled to continue is never an expression of love
