philosophy of religion midterm

what is Morris’s theology?

perfect being theology

what is Pinnock’s theology?

the openness of God

what is McFague’s theology?

panentheism - the world is God’s body

what is Tillich’s theology?

God is the ultimate concern

what is Davis’s philosophy of temporality?

God is temporal because he acts inside of time for us

what is McCann’s philosophy?

God is atemporal because time is change and God cannot change

what is Frankfurt’s theory about omnipotence?

if God is truly omnipotent, then he can do the logically impossible

what is aquinas’s theory on omnipotence?

God cannot do what is impossible because it is against His nature

what does augustine say about free will?

the human will is the proximate cause of God’s foreknowledge

what does pike say about free will?

God’s divine foreknowledge is incompatible with human free will

what does plantinga say about free will?

God’s DFK is compatible with free will

what does Rowe say about the freedom of God?

he says that God cannot be omnipotent if he was not free to create a world other than the best possible world

what does Wierenga say abt the freeodm of God?

he says that God is free even when He does what is best

what is Kant’s objection to the ontological argument?

Kant says that to prove the existence of God fully, we would have to experience it

what are aquinas’s five ways to prove the existence of God?

1. motion

2. efficient cause

3. possibility and necessity

4. gradation

5. design

what is craig’s kalam argument?

• whatever begins to exist has a cause

• the universe began to exist

• therefore, the universe had a cause

what is Draper’s response to Craig?

he says that the term “begin to exist” is equivocal because he claims that Craig uses the term began in two different ways through proving his arg

what is Leibniz’s theory?

the greater good theodicy that God created the Best of all possible worlds and that the fall was a happy fall (felix copa)

what is mackie’s theory of omnipotence?

evil wouldnt exist if God were rlly omnipotent

what is rowe’s argument of evil?

if God existed, there would be no gratuitous suffering, but since there is gratuitous suffering, God doesnt exist

what does moore say about evil?

God exists so gratuitous suffering doesnt

what does draper say about special creationism?

he believes that this is a way to find a middle ground between naturalism and atheism

what does jantzen say about evil?

we need to take action to address the problem

what is hick’s theodicy?

evil is essential to soul-making - virtue must be developed

what is boyd’s theodicy?

evil is the result of demonic forces that control matter to oppose God - true freedom requires that warfare will happen

what is stump’s theodicy?

unfulfilled desires bring us closer to God - we must live in his consequent will so part of our suffering will be to have unfulfilled desires

what is adams’ theodicy?

argues against instrumental theodicy and says that intimacy with God is the only way to defeat horrendous evils

what is ekstrom’s theodicy?

suffering is a religious experience