Attempt to resolve problem of evil referencing Christian theology
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A true theodicy accepts evil is real but maintains how god can logically still be both good and loving in face of .... ?
suffering
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Gods nature is supposed to be omnibenevolent , therefore god cannot be responsible for ... ?
evil
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The existence of evil must be due to some one other than ?
God
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Who says that evil is the responsible of humanity ?
augustine
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Scripture tells us that god is the supreme creator of ... ?
all things
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Ex nihilo means ?
out of nothing
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The accusation of the problem of evil is that god must therefore have created what ?
evil
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Augustine says that evil is a privation of ...?
good
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Evil is the absence of good According to who ?
Augustine
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Does Augustine say that it is gods fault that evil is a thing ?
No he says not gods fault
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According to Augustine Adam and eve = created what according to scripture ?
perfect
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According to Augustine What were Adam and eve given the gift of ?
Given gift of free will
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According to Augustine Adam and Eve given instructions of not eating from tree of knowledge When tempted by the serpent they ate fruit and this was called ?
original sin
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According to Augustine Where are we present from creation in genesis ?
seminally present in Adam at Eden
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According to Augustine Adams sin passed on through ?
sexual intercourse
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According to Augustine God is just so he requires fair consequences for ?
evil deeds
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According to Augustine God gave Christ to die for
humans sins
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According to Augustine Christs atonement demonstrates gods power in ?
overcoming sin and his love for us
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According to Augustine , God judged it better to bring good , through Christ , out of evil rather than not to allow what ?
evil
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According to Augustine , All humans need punishment according to ... ?
gods justice
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According to Augustine , God is merciful and so offers the opportunity for ?
salvation through Christ
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According to Augustine , Up to the person to choose ?
god and salvation
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According to Augustine , Atonement is possible only through gods grace by Jesus's what ?
death on cross
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According to Augustine , Those who freely accept Jesus as their saviour are ?
redeemed and will be with god in heaven
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Augustine says natural evil is fault of who ?
humanity
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According to Augustine , Evil in world due to Adam destroying order in the ?
Garden of Eden
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According to Augustine , God allows Natural Evil to remain to act ... ?
as punishment
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According to Augustine , Natural Evil also lets us appreciate ?
beauty and good
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Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ? Fill in the blank ;
[A] evil is proportionally greater than natural evil ; [B] hold responsibility for this
A= B=
A=Moral B= humans
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Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ? Fill in the blank ;
Augustine successfully accounts for both [A] and [B] evil
A= B=
A= moral B= natural
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Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ? Fill in the blank ;
Maintains [A] characters of [B]
A= B=
A= essential B= god
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Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ? Fill in the blank ;
His [A] is in line with [B] teaching
A= B=
A= theodicy B= biblical
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Augustine Assumes that events at creation happened exactly as what describes ?
genesis describes
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Instead what could be an example of religious language ; may be an analogy ?
creation of genesis
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Augustine makes claims that we are seminally present in Adam why is this an error
biologically unlikely that the whole of humanity descended from a single pair of humans.
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Fill in the blank ; Augustine error
[A] is not a genetically inherited [B] .
A= B=
A= Sin B= trait
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Augustine allows behaviour from God that we would condemn as what in humanity ?
immoral
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An omnibenevolent God cannot save some and ?
damn others to hell.
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Fill in the blank ; example of immoral behaviour from god
[A] seems to have planned for some to [B] by creating hell for them at the outset. A= B=
A= God B= fall
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Fill in the blank ; example of immoral behaviour from god
God foresaw the fall, it was [a] to allow our descent into [B] to continue unchecked.
A= B=
A= immoral B= evil
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Fill in the blank ; example of immoral behaviour from god
often the [A] who suffer, so evil cannot be a just punishment for [B].
A= B=
A= innocent B= sin
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Fill in the blank ; example of immoral behaviour from god
God condemns unbaptised [A] as sinners since none is innocent of original [B] .
A= B=
A= infants B= sin
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F.D.E. Schleiermacher stated that logically a perfect creation is ...
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