• The problem of evil is the philosophical question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient...
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  • The standard problem of evil found in monotheistic religions does not apply to almost all traditions of Hinduism because it does not posit an omniscient...
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  • Religious responses to the problem of evil are concerned with reconciling the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient...
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    The Problem of Pain is a 1940 book on the problem of evil by C. S. Lewis, in which Lewis argues that human pain, animal pain, and hell are not sufficient...
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    Theodicy (redirect from God and evil)
    δίκη dikē, "justice") is an argument that attempts to resolve the problem of evil that arises when all power and all goodness are simultaneously ascribed...
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    about karma theory and how it answers the problem of evil and related problem of theodicy. The problem of evil is a significant question debated in monotheistic...
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  • Ragland of Saint Louis University writes on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy that the problem of hell is "a version of" the problem of evil. He defines...
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    Banality of evil Evil Emperor (disambiguation) Evil empire (disambiguation) Graded absolutism Moral evil Natural evil Ponerology Problem of evil Sin Strange...
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  • hands of Dorothy Gale. Maguire shows the traditionally villainous character in a sympathetic light, using her journey to explore the problem of evil and...
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    Epicurean paradox (category Philosophy of religion)
    logical dilemma about the problem of evil attributed to the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who argued against the existence of a god who is simultaneously...
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  • in deities include the lack of evidence, the problem of evil, the argument from inconsistent revelations, the rejection of concepts that cannot be falsified...
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    version in his 1977 book God, Freedom, and Evil. Plantinga's argument is a defense against the logical problem of evil as formulated by the philosopher J. L...
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  • stated as that evil ought to be regarded as nothing, or as something non-existent. It is often associated with a version of the problem of evil: if some things...
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    the theological problem of evil. The argument goes that the free will defense can only justify the presence of moral evil in light of an omnibenevolent...
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  • Problem of pain can mean: the problem of evil, the central concern of theodicy The Problem of Pain, a book about that topic by C. S. Lewis The Problem...
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  • while being rejected by anti-realists or idealists. The problem of evil is often given in the form of an inconsistent triad. For example, J. L. Mackie gave...
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    Augustinian theodicy (category Augustine of Hippo)
    and philosopher Augustine of Hippo, is a type of Christian theodicy that developed in response to the evidential problem of evil. As such, it attempts to...
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    problem of evil). It defends the probability of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent (all-powerful and perfectly loving) God in the face of evidence of evil...
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  • Misotheism (redirect from Hatred of God)
    context of theodicy (the problem of evil, the Euthyphro dilemma) or as a rejection or criticism of particular depictions or attributions of the monotheistic...
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  • manifestation of evil. Theodicy attempts to resolve the evidential problem of evil by reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence...
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  • theology Misotheism Moralistic therapeutic deism Names of God Outline of theology Problem of evil Problem of Hell Satanic Verses Theistic Satanism Theodicy Urmonotheismus...
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    editor of The Scientific American Book of Dinosaurs (2000). Paul's contributions are also notable in the philosophical realm of the problem of evil. Paul...
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    Alvin Plantinga (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    to refute the logical problem of evil, the argument that the existence of evil is logically incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient...
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  • the evidential problem of evil. The book argues for theistic finitism. Kushner proposes a finite God solution to the problem of evil. God is benevolent...
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    Epicurus (redirect from Epicurus of Samos)
    "Dogmaticists". The Epicurean paradox or riddle of Epicurus or Epicurus' trilemma is a version of the problem of evil. Lactantius attributes this trilemma to...
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  • of the problem of evil is the evidential problem of evil, which argues that while the existence of evil may not logically disprove the existence of God...
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    types of evil in the world: evil caused by nature, evil that people bring upon others, and evil man brings upon himself (Guide 3:12). The first type of evil...
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    7th and 3rd centuries BCE. It addresses the problem of evil, providing a theodicy through the experiences of the eponymous protagonist. Job is a wealthy...
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    Brian Davies (philosopher) (category Academics of the University of Oxford)
    York, 2003) The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil (Continuum: London and New York, 2006) Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil (Oxford University Press:...
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    object was to solve the problem of evil, that is, to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering in the world with the existence of a perfectly good, all-powerful...
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