PPT-THEODICY: WHY GOD ALLOWS EVIL

Robby Lashua DSCC Oasis Feb 16 th 2014 Recap God can allow evil while being allgood and allpowerful if He has good reasons to do so Evil is not a thing it is the lack of a thing specifically the lack of good. Part 2. Parasitoid relationship. When a parasite actually kills its host. What about evil? . (If God is good, powerful, and just). Theodicy. Attempts to answer this question:. How can evil exist if God is loving, all-powerful, and just?. Suffering and the hiddenness of God. The problem of suffering and evil is THE problem humans have to deal with . Many . have rejected faith because of it from a universal standpoint (often by people who cannot comprehend such suffering). TEXT: Revelation 20:11-15. THEME: God’s justice requires an eternal response to sin and rejection.. We do not really want fairness or justice when a transgression applies to us- we want grace.. In our effort to understand the Problem of Evil we must start with the reality that sin and evil starts with us- not God. God is only acting on his justice and holiness. part 3. Finding Meaning in Suffering. Parasitism and Theodicy. Two kinds of evil. Moral Evil. Natural Evil. Even more. limitations. Consequences:. Painful childbirth. Thorns & thistles. Cursed ground. Edexcel AS -LEVEL. Evil. Evil: “physical pain, mental suffering and moral wickedness”(John Hick, . Philosophy and Religion). Four types of evil :. Natural - malfunctioning of the natural world (John Hick). Hume’s Dialogue . part 3. Finding Meaning in Suffering. Parasitism and Theodicy. Two kinds of evil. Moral Evil. Natural Evil. Even more. limitations. Consequences:. Painful childbirth. Thorns & thistles. Cursed ground. Part 2. Parasitoid relationship. When a parasite actually kills its host. What about evil? . (If God is good, powerful, and just). Theodicy. Attempts to answer this question:. How can evil exist if God is loving, all-powerful, and just?. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. The problem of evil. If God is supremely good, then he has the desire to eliminate evil. . If God is omnipotent, then he is able to eliminate evil. . Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. (c) Michael Lacewing. The problem of evil. If God is supremely good, then he has the desire to eliminate evil. . If God is omnipotent, then he is able to eliminate evil. . part 3. Finding Meaning in Suffering. Parasitism and Theodicy. Two kinds of evil. Moral Evil. Natural Evil. Even more. limitations. Consequences:. Painful childbirth. Thorns & thistles. Cursed ground. . brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.. Luke 6:45 (NKJV). James 3:1-12. . affirms . just how powerful the human tongue can be in either doing good or evil. . Mike Riddle. www.CreationTraining.org. GOOD. EVIL. versus. DEFENDING THE FAITH. The Problem of Evil. “The problem of evil is one of the most crucial protests raised by unbelievers against the fact of God.”. Name the scholar – write a sentence summary. Which scholars are missing?. Scholars . Plantinga. – FW is essential for humans. Kierkegaard – King and peasant girl analogy. Augustine – God made the world perfectly and it was corrupted by the Fall.