Weaknesses of the irenaeus theodicy
- Created by: Rowanne Rees
- Created on: 28-04-13 19:00
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- Weaknesses of the irenaeus theodicy
- Suffering should never be the instrument of an all loving God. An all loving God would not allow his creation to suffer for any reason
- The amount of immense and innocent suffering that some people experience is not justified by any end of achieving heaven and spiritual perfection
- Suffering is not evenly spread - this is inconsistent with Gods perfect creation
- How is good moral behaviour encouraged if everyone eventually all achieve heaven?
- The concept of universal salvation seems to undermine the idea of humans working towards and achieving salvation using their freewill
- Christians believe Jesus shows them the ways to achieve atonement - soul making contradicts this idea
- The intensity of suffering may suggest this theodicy is a souls-breaking rather that souls-making one
- There seems to be contradictions for christian ideas of judgements and the Bible stating that god created a perfect world
- Is this theodicy out of date as it did come about in the 2nd century
- Are there better ways of achieving the desired outcome?
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