irenaean theodicy
- Created by: Fi Alade
- Created on: 09-04-14 17:07
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- Irenaean Theodicy
- John Hicks
- God created evil
- created humans in the midst of it
- evil is a gift that facilitates growth
- created humans in the midst of it
- epistemic distance
- mankind created at a distance of knowledge from God
- protects free will
- growing from image to likeness is a choice
- the world must be religiously ambiguous
- preserving liberty of indifference
- man created in the image of God grows into his likeness
- the world must be religiously ambiguous
- growing from image to likeness is a choice
- protects free will
- mankind created at a distance of knowledge from God
- theocentric purpose
- moral development is part of evolution
- no automatic relationship with God
- liberty of indifference
- the fall happens when humans refuse to move from animal to spiritual
- all humans have freedom to do this
- no automatic relationship with God
- moral development is part of evolution
- vale of soul making
- God is loving but does not create a hedonistic paradise
- evil contributes to a vale of soul making
- suffering/evil are logically necessary for moral development
- God is loving but does not create a hedonistic paradise
- indiscriminate suffering
- guarantees religious ambiguity
- maintains liberty of indifference
- no danger means no opportunity for development
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- eschatological verification
- life is too short for soul making
- process continues in afterlife
- everyone achieves eternal salvation
- process continues in afterlife
- life is too short for soul making
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