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The problems of evil and suffering
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04/15/2012

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Evil as a personal being
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evil is a supernatural being like a devil that causes people to sin.
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Evil as an impersonal force
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the idea that evil is a power outside of people that draws them to evil.
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Evil as a psychological phenomenon
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the explanation for evil is that it comes from the mind of a person e.g from their background.
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Natural suffering
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suffering caused by nature for example caused by earthquakes tornado...
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Man-made suffering
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suffering caused by the actions of humans e.g war
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Just suffering
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suffering that is fair e.g criminals suffering through imprisonment
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Unjust suffering
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suffering that seems unfair or not right e.g children being abused
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Free will
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have the ability to choose or determine one's own actions
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Responsibility
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duty; the idea that we are in charge of our own actions
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God of classical Theism
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what we mean when we are talking about God in a academic setting. God is believed to have certain characteristics.
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Omnipotetnt
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all poweful
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onmiscient
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all knowing
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omnibenevolent
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all loving
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Theodicy
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a justification for the existence of God in the light of the existence of evil and suffering.
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Karma
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law of cause and effect
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Augustine
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argued that evil was caused through humans using their free will to turn away from God.He also said that evil was a absence of good. God does not force us to conform so evil and suffering exists.
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Plantinga
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argues that if humans are completely free, then God is not comletely able to stop evil.
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Richard Swinburne
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argues that in order for human beings to be free they had to to have the capacity to do evil
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Irenaeus
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God created and imperfect world in order that humans could develop into people worthy of Heaven.
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Hick
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without eveil we could not develop qualities such as compassion.
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