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| ciritical examination of concepts and beliefs common to many of the worlds religions- started around 1700s- uses reason |
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| caused by the physical or impersonal objects and forces of our environment when they threaten or destroy human interests, health, or safety; ie famine, mental disorders, illness |
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| wrongful actions of persons, but also includes bad intentions and vicious character traits |
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| Deductive Problem of Evil |
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P1- God is Good
P2- A good being would know about any unneccesary evil and would want to eliminate it and could
P3- So, if there is a good God, there would be no unnecessary suffering
C- There is no God |
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| Growth and Soul Making Theory of Evil |
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Evil helps us understand God and grow in our faith
-Do we have to experience evil to understand God?
-Would an all good God want us to experience evil to grow? |
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| Free Will Defense of Evil |
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evil happens because God gave us free will- we're not puppets, we have intelligence
-an omnipotent God would be able to circumvent this evil wo ruining the free will of the evil doer |
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| Opposites Exist Defense of Evil |
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opposites make a whole; if one disappears, the other must disappear as well, leaving emptiness; compassion cannot exist without suffering
-only exists when ppl have certain experiences; ie, bravery cannot exist unless in the face of danger |
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| anything, which despite being considered to have undesirable qualities, is preferable to its absence |
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| Rowe's Evidential Problem of Evil |
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| the presence of evil supports the claim that God does NOT exist, There exist instances of intense suffering that an omnipotent, omniscient being could have prevented wo losing some greater good and an omniscient, good being would prevent intense suffering if it could, unless it could not do so wo losing the greater good. therefore, there is not an omnipotent, omniscient, wholly good being |
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| confident belief in a concept or thing; belief that is not based on proof |
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| Pascal's Position on Faith |
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| at first he was skeptical, then he had a religious awakening and devoted himself to God; faith is God percieved by the heart not by reason |
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| Clifford's Position on Faith |
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| We must form our beliefs in the right way of ethical importance, so believing in God wo sufficient evidence is wrong |
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| let passion influence belief- avoid error and believe the truth, not everything can be decided on intellect |
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| maximal consistent set of knowledge, power, and benevolence; this leaves open whether or not God is omniscient and all loving |
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| The study of the nature of God and religious truth |
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