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The Problem of Evil, Moral Evil- man made, comes about because of humans,…
The Problem of Evil
What is Hick's Theodicy
Augustine's theodicy is seen as 'soul- deciding' (deciding which souls go to heaven or hell), whereas Hick's is seen as 'soul making' suggesting evil is integral to improve or develop our souls.
Hick saw Augustine's view that a perfect world went wrong as incoherent and contradictory, and argued that, if humans were made perfectly good, then it should have been impossible for them to have made an immoral choice.
For Hick, God has a sufficient reason for allowing evil so its existence does not draw into question his omnipotent or omnibenevolence.
God is at an epidemic distance. God could have created us so we truly understood him and his omnipotence. If he has created us like this, we would be overwhelmed by this idea- we would truly understand God's omnipotence, and would not feel free (because we would understand that God actually knows everything we do).
God chose to create us at a distance to him (an epistemic distance) aware but not certain. This means that there is a gap in our knowledge and understanding between God and us. Humans do not have an innate knowledge of God- therefore they are free to choose God or not.
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Moral Evil- man made, comes about because of humans, intentionally or unintentionally.
Natural Evil- non moral, suffering cause by natural occurrences.
There are two ways of expressing the 'Problem of Evil': the logical problem of evil (a priori, deductive) and the evidential problem of evil (a posteriori, inductive)
The logical problem of evil is often described as a logical problem because it highlights an inconsistency in beliefs about God.