PPT-THEODICY: WHY GOD ALLOWS EVIL

Robby Lashua DSCC Oasis Feb 23 rd 2014 FREE WILL Augustine 354430 AD And I strained to perceive what I now heard that freewill was the cause of our doing ill Free will Determinism. Christians in Science Student Conference 2014. Earthquakes and Evil. The problem with theodicy. Before…. Lepsy. Fault, Kazakhstan. … and after. Lepsy. Fault, Kazakhstan. http://www.googleearth.com. Robby Lashua. DSCC Oasis. Feb. 9. th. , 2014. HUMAN EVIL. The Soviet Union. 1917-1989. 20,000,000 to 26,000,000 were killed for political reasons. Nazi Germany. 10,005 Nazi . Concentraion. Camps identified.. Annie, Sara, and Sheri. What We Believe. As a group, we share the belief that God exists; that there is a greater being responsible for creating the world and understanding the nature of things. However, we also share doubts that cause us to doubt God’s existence. By delving into the words of philosophers and other knowledgeable figures, we hope to find answers that will help us come to a conclusion about God.. 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). Robby Lashua. DSCC Oasis. Feb. . 16. th. , 2014. Recap. God can allow evil, while being all-good and all-powerful, 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.. Hume’s Dialogue . Theodicy: an attempt to justify God’s existence despite the presence of evil and suffering . Who was Augustine of Hippo?. Bishop of Hippos, Algeria. Christian mother, Monica’. Studied rhetoric in Carthage (Tunis).. 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. 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?. 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.