PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Theodicy, Theism, Omnipotence

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Intellectual problem of evil: the logical or deductive version. Theism asserts the reality of both god and evil. Gods attributes seem inconsistent with the existence of evil. Theism asserts god is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all good. If god is all knowing, he knows when evil exists. If god is all good, he will want to eradicate evil. If god is all-powerful, he has the power to eradicate evil. But evil exists, therefore god must not be either all-knowing, all-powerful, or all-good. Argues that evil demonstrates the incoherence of theism. This argument says essentially that theist believe about evil and god that are inconsistent. This approach represents a classic atheist argument against the existence of the god advanced by theism. It argues that a fundamental inconsistency exists between various claims about god made by theist and therefore at least one of the claims cannot be true. Response to the theodicy of free will.

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