HIST 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Affreca De Courcy, Scholasticism, Venice
8 Sep 2016
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Impossible for god and evil to exist at the same time. If god exists, then her god is the three omni"s god: a three omni"s god would be aware of all evil, a three omni"s god could prevent all evil. If a three-omni"s god could prevent all evil, the god would do that what is good and prevent all evil. If god prevented all evil, then there would be no evil. 5: therefore, if god exists, there would be no evil. If god exists, there would be no evil. ( incompatibility premise: there is evil, therefore, god does not exist. There is evil in the world (slavery ,genocide, child abuse, etc) If god exists, there would be no evil. Theist: sometimes evils are necessary to bring about greater good. Atheist: so if god exists, there would be no intrinsic evil ( should only be instrumental) Would challenge premise 3 a three-omni"s god could prevent all evil .
