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john hick, free will, irenaean + augustinian theodicies
The Irenaean Theodicy
Human suffering is a part of soulmaking, and once we’ve learned from our mistakes, we are closer to God + can go to heaven
God deliberately created evil so humans could decide the option to take
evil is necessary for free will and is a learning experience
The augustinian theodicy
evil is the lack of good
through human free will evil can exist
god doesn’t intervene as evil is necessary for us to have free will and for us to have control
how did john hick defend god
“the harshness of life gives us character that wouldn’t be possible without an imperfect world”
how is free will a defence of god
god could stop evil but there is more good from us being free than everything being good
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