2ai) What may the problem of suffering signify to a religious believer? Examine one solution to this problem. (21 marks) Suffering is caused by evil. The problem of suffering is a factor which can hold back one’s faith and beliefs in God as well as religion. God’s classical theism goes against the idea of evil and suffering existing‚ it almost seems irrational for the classical theism of God to exist alongside evil and suffering. Some scholars also believe that the classical theism of God cannot
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The Problem of Evil To present the topic of “the problem with evil‚” without acknowledging there is a God can be confusing. I think one of the best questions that you could ask is‚ why does God allow evil being a perfect and loving God (Elwell‚ pg 413 There are different types of evil that are allowed in this world. The first is moral evil‚ which began in the garden of Eden when Eve ate the fruit off the tree and deliberately disobeyed God in an act of sin and evil (Gen. 3)(Elwell‚ pg 412)
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What kind of problem is the Problem of Evil for a non-believer? Word Count: 2‚430 Believer or non-believer‚ we all appear to suffer from the problem of evil. Perhaps in the highly economically and technologically developed countries we live in now we are faced‚ on a day to day basis‚ with far less evil‚ than those 90 years ago on their way to fight in WW1. But there is always a presence of evil. Although it may not be first degree‚ we see it in the news on a daily basis. Natural‚ Moral and Metaphysical
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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‚ is taken to be one of the arguments against the existence of God. The presence of evil has presented
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entitled There Is a Reason Why God Allows Evil. In the selection Hick explains a theodicy‚ a justification of God’s goodness because of evil‚ the soul-making view of life in this defense of God’s way in the face of evil. The dilemma of the problem of evil is‚ if God is perfectly loving he must wish to abolish evil. If evil exists then God cannot be all perfectly loving. Hick’s theodicy‚ the soul-making view‚ states that God intentionally placed this evils on earth so that we can over come temptations
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The Problem of Evil is one of the most renowned arguments that provides the objection to the existence of God. According to this argument‚ if God exists and is all-powerful‚ all-knowing‚ and all-good‚ then there would be no evil in the world. However‚ the world is full of instances of evil and suffering‚ consequently indicating that an all-powerful‚ all-knowing‚ and all-good God does not exist. Within the context of this argument‚ evil can be defined as “ a state of affairs that creates pain‚ suffering
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JOHN HICK’S THE PROBLEM OF EVIL I. John Hick discusses in his essay The Problem of Evil‚ the objections to the belief in the existence of God is the presence of evil in the world. He begins by posing the traditional challenge to theism in the form of the dilemma: That if God was perfectly loving‚ he must wish to abolish evil‚ and being all powerful‚ is able to perfectly do so as he will its. He then proceeds to present some views regarding this issue‚ giving insights from three point of views
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In Grace Janizen’s “Whose Problem Is the ‘Problem of Evil’”‚ she points out the philosophers spent too much trying to answer why God created a world with evil in it and not answering more important questions. She starts off by saying that people spend too much on the matter whether good is too God to create a world with evil in it. She also explains the type of people that try to explain evil in the world‚ the veil of soul-making who believe that evil helps people become a better person. The other
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reason is the Problem of Evil a problem for religious believers? (9) Probably the most powerful reason against the existence of The Classical God of Theism (hereafter referred to as God) is evil and suffering in the world. The problem of evil is an ‘a posterori’ argument‚ established from experience based on empirical senses. It is also synthetic as evil and suffering can be seen around us daily. There are a number of possible reasons for the problem of evil and why it causes a problem for religious
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That Evil The problem of evil is an issue that is entirely too overlooked and dismissed by most Christians. I believe that it is a valid argument to renounce some views that traditional theism sets forward. This problem makes the existence of a traditional God extremely unlikely‚ and it makes a belief in one‚ irrational at best. The existence of evil is in juxtaposition with the idea of a Christian‚ omnipotent and wholly good God. Valid concerns may be raised that the problem of evil should
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