Theodicy

effective response to the Problem of Evil argument. To begin with I will outline exactly what the problem of evil question is then outline the various components of the free will response and finally go on to assess the argument as a logically sound theodicy. The problem of evil question puts forward a query against the existence of God and causes lots of problems for those who believe in a religion consisting of a single God and those trying to convince someone of a logically sound argument for the

1. Ancient wisdom can be understood as the pursuit of understanding and preserving order in the world. 2. Retribution principle is a system developed to try to understand how the world works, or more specifically, how God works in the world. The principle in its most basic form maintains that the righteous will prosper and the wicked will suffer. Derived from this principle is the inference that those who are progressing must be righteous and those who are suffering must be wicked. 3. The book

Evil and miracles, can they both exist in our modern everyday life? Evil 's existence has no doubt to be present due to all the horrors we have heard about or witnessed. While as for miracles, the existence is constantly questioned if they exist and what classifies as a true miracle. These concepts battle with theism and cause a great uproar to the existence of a powerful, omnipotent, and omniscient being. The definition of evil is the absence of good while the definition of a miracle is an unexpected

Leiniz was a modern philosopher, noted for his optimism, one of his most famous optimistic views pertains to his belief that our world is the most perfect world God could have created. This idea comes from his work The Theodicy, written in 1710. In The Theodicy he argues the justness of God and proves that this world is the best possible one. The argument comes back up throughout his later work, The Philosophical Essays, which is a combination of many of Leibniz’s later works including The Discourse

and Rasselas, respectively, each author presents his own ideology of the origin of this suffering and how one is to overcome this unhappiness that comes as a result of this suffering. Milton uses the Fall of Adam and Eve and his understanding of Theodicy to express this idea. Both Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson take Milton’s elucidation of worldly evil and the possibility of humanity finding happiness when all is said and done and they expand upon it. In Paradise Lost, John Milton dwells upon

Al-Ghazali begins his discussion of theodicy with a conditional statement that will frame the rest of his one-hundred-line discussion contained in his Ihya text. This conditional statement has as its antecedent a series of eight hypotheticals which are aimed at creating a hypothetical multitude of immensely knowledgeable and wise creatures. The antecedent contains the following hypotheticals: all creatures being as intelligent and knowledgeable as the most intelligent and knowledgeable human, God

goers. Because this area is typically not accessible by the church goes, it provides a clear indication for what we should strive for: to someday access heaven. Thus, this corresponds to one of the types of theodicies that Livingston presents. Greek Orthodox believe in an other-worldly theodicy. They believe that they will eventually be rewarded after death in another world. During Orthros, only the reverend can be behind the iconostasis. This area, known as the altar or sanctuary, is one of the holiest

Irenaean?) A lack of goodness/God e.g. rejection of God Suffering is the undergoing of pain, distress or hardship, but can also be termed as being far from a good deity, e.g. being far from God. Theodicy is has its root in two Greek words, ‘theos’ meaning God and ‘dike’ meaning righteous or justice. Hence, a theodicy is a justification or way of explaining the reasons behind some of God’s actions, usually due to the conflict of the Inconsistent Triad.

Even if God cannot currently be proven or ever be proven by humans, there is still a possibility that he or she could exist. Elliot Sober, in a summary of the chapter “Is the Existence of God Testable?” in his book, mentions, “I think there are difficulties in testing the hypothesis that God exists. …The bare statement ‘God exists’ does not entail observational predictions, but neither does the bare statement ‘electrons exist.’ The typical situation in science is that theoretical statements have

Theism/Atheism Arguments There are many arguments for and against God. Status of arguments will to dis/believe are subject to the burden of proof. Atheists are not really making a claim they just do not have a belief. While the will to believe is demonstrated by testing out a variety of religions until you find the right one. Agnosticism is a foundation that serves as a mediator between theist-atheist (LePoidevin). Theistic arguments all try to justify God's existence. The first argument is concerned