EMMANUEL SAGWETE (916) DPL 314 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION FR. A. RUTSVIGA 28 OCTOBER 2010 Critically expose the problem of evil. Evil is a privation of the good. The problem of evil “arises from the paradox of an omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent deity’s allowing the existence of evil” (Pojman 1987: 151). The Judeo-Christian tradition affirmed that God is omnipotent‚ omniscient and perfectly good. The same tradition also affirmed the existence of evil. The presence of evil‚ this privation of the good
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and hurricanes which an omnipotent God could prevent. Sceptical theism suggests that we do not have the knowledge to why these actions we attribute as ‘evil’ take place and that‚ to God’s omniscience‚ these actions have a greater purpose. The Paradox of the Stone This argument
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what we have asked for. 4.) Bad intention Eg: Killing others 5. God loves people and catholics trust God’s love to do what is best for them. They believe God’s OMNIPOTENCE and BENEVOLENCE. Therefore‚ they trust God to answer their prayers in the best possible way‚ even tough it does not look like a direct answer. ( OMNIPOTENCE – All
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In “The Inferno‚” by John Ciardi‚ the protagonist‚ Dante is about to enter a place of great suffering. Dante believes that God is the architect of Hell‚ and that Hell is the product of divine omnipotence‚ primordial love‚ and ultimate intellect. Throughout the Cantos‚ one can see how Dante’s picture of Hell does reflect the gate’s description of God’s sacred justice. “I am the way into the city of woe. I am the way to a forsaken people. I am the way into eternal sorrow” (Canto 3‚ Line 1-3). In
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Divine. However‚ the noted degree at which these theodicies will deviate is the condition demanding objective moral judgments. In particular‚ the deviation occurs where Swinburne asserts “the problem of evil does not arise if one denies either the omnipotence or the perfect goodness of God”. And so that is where the central divide between the two views comes into play. The
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One of the most persistent challenges to God’s existence is also the root of one of the most asked‚ but least answerable‚ questions that we‚ as human beings‚ ponder—why is there evil? This dilemma of why the world is filled with evil‚ anything bad ranging from bullying to natural disasters‚ has motivated atheists‚ those who reject God and His existence‚ to bring forward an argument called “The Problem of Evil”. Due to much debate on the topic‚ theists‚ those who believe in God‚ have tried to resolve
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intelligent designer. This argument is known as the teleological argument and has evolved from classical philosophy to modern theology. In addition‚ subscribers of the Abrahamic religions also hold that God has attributes that include omniscience‚ omnipotence‚ and benevolence. Fundamentally‚ God is all knowing‚ all-powerful‚ and all good. In contrast‚ God created a perfect universe that is in harmony‚ but occasionally practices miracles. Can the teleological argument‚ miracles‚ and God’s attributes coexist
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Originally formulated by Wade Savage in "The Paradox of Stone‚" the argument reads: Either X can create a stone that X cannot lift‚ or X cannot create a stone that X cannot lift. If X can create a stone that X cannot lift‚ then‚ necessarily‚ there is at least one task that X cannot perform (namely‚ lift the stone in question). If X cannot create a stone that X cannot lift‚ then‚ necessarily‚ there is at least one task that X cannot perform (namely‚ create the stone in question).
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cause‚ shape and number as well as an understanding of what God is which we all share from birth. We have an intrinsic understanding that God is the supremely perfect being and is perfect in every way. By ‘perfect’‚ Descartes means omniscience‚ omnipotence ad omnibenevolence. Descartes used an analogy of a triangle to explain his understanding of how this innate idea demonstrated the existence of God. He claimed that by comparing it to the way we ordinarily establish very basic truths in arithmetic
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Doing Better but Feeling Worse The Paradox of Choice Barry Schwartz (Barry Schwartz) is a social psychology and social behavior professor‚ he is the author of several books‚ he wrote‚ "the plight of choice: Why more is less” Barry Schwartz mentioned that more choice does not make us be happy in his TED speech. For example‚ he said: A few decades ago there only got few options of Levi’s jeans‚ and it is very easy to make a choice. We only need to take fifteen minutes to buy a pair of jeans. Nowadays
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