Sentences with phrase «problem of evil»

I also find it curious how quickly and easily some atheists solve the age old problem of evil.

In retirement he has produced a most important piece on the always difficult problem of evil in light of the power of God.

In recent years numerous attempts have been made to solve the ancient problem of evil by way of a Given within the nature of God, the assertion of «the demonic» in the world (its metaphysical status being somewhat cloudy), or a forthright reinstatement of the existence of a personal devil.

It is incompatible with human freedom and responsibility, and it renders insoluble the traditional problem of evil.

For centuries theologians and philosophers have been struggling with the agonizing and bewildering problem of evil.

The ancient problem of evil, given the ecological character of history, is acutely a Christian problem.

And no matter what it is, I doubt very much it's addressed the evidential problem of evil... or, even worse, the problem of «why the hell does anything except Yahweh exist at all if he's actually self - sufficient and perfect?»

He gives voice to the philosophical problem of evil perhaps more clearly and cogently than any other speaker or actor, any other philosopher or theologian, in the whole of world literature.

In the context of talking about the exact nature of the logical problem of evil, Griffin states the following:

But for Griffin to imply that such efforts are (or were) excessive because the real problem of evil is not one of logical consistency is problematic on two counts.

(Which does not mean, alas, that the liberating process will not be accompanied by suffering, set - backs and even apparent disasters: the whole problem of Evil is re-stated (more comprehensibly, it seems to me, than in the case of a static world) in this vision of a Universe in evolution.)

For Dostoevsky, the gospel of suffering in communal love is the only lasting answer to the perennial problem of evil and thus to the perennial question of human freedom.

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Griffin & Sherburne, New York: The Free Press, 1978, 44) How does this cosmological view affect the traditional problem of evil?

Women and Evil by nell noddings university of california press, 284 pages, $ 25 For centuries theologians and philosophers have been struggling with the agonizing and bewildering problem of evil.

If the evidence points to the fact that Holmes is a person with schizophrenia then the pastor needs to change his premise from the classical to the evidential problem of evil and there the argument from free will is invalid.

«The ID movement's belief in evolution also allows them to distance themselves from the problem of evil in the natural world.

The problem of evil is a perennially baffling intellectual puzzle that has generated countless monographs, articles, and anthologies.

as an atheist, you face a different «problem of evil» than that faced by Christians.

It is a apologetic invented to evade the Problem Of Evil.

Free Will is The Big Lie, the lame excuse to cover up the fact that Christianity is one of the worst failures of The Problem Of Evil.

In his December 10, 2009, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, President Barack Obama offered a vigorous defense of the just war tradition in response to problems of evil and injustice in the world.

Aathiest — Ah yes, Epicurus» «problem of evil».

If the ability to do this is necessary for a viable theodicy as Griffin implies, it would seem to follow that it is in fact possible to answer the problem of evil within classical limits — i.e., without having to resort to Griffin's process conceptuality.

During a time when the problem of evil confronts us constantly, Benedict continued, we must all wrestle with Nietzsche's proclamation that «God is dead!»

We shall first set forth Plantinga's classical defense for the problem of evil.

I'll stop here, leaving Euthyphro's Dilemma and the Problem of Evil for some other time...

On the other hand, the classical theist indicts the process theist for «solving» the problem of evil by forfeiting a meaningful notion of divine omnipotence — i.e., advocating a finite, imperfect deity who is not worthy of worship.

I abandoned that when I realized most in that «organization» had THEIR heads in the sand, oblivious or uncaring about the problem of evil.

The process theist indicts the classical theist for proposing a view of divine omnipotence that makes the problem of evil unsolvable — i.e., renders the notion of divine goodness incoherent.

The process theists believe that the only way to solve the problem of evil is to assume that human wills and nature as a whole have their own autonomy.

Times of intense suffering, both collective and personal, cause the problem of evil to resurface.

The initial superiority of traditional theism over process theism erodes even more quickly when we look at the problem of evil.

The classical theist indicts the process theist for «solving» the problem of evil by forfeiting a meaningful notion of divine omnipotence while the process theist indicts the classical theist for proposing a view of divine omnipotence that makes the problem of evil unsolvable.

Griffin's other criticism is related to natural evil: «making C omnipotence a contingent matter, and limiting its scope to human existence, means that the problem of evil in the subhuman world must be treated in terms of some other principle, and none of these has proved satisfactory» (GPE 272).

We, and our students, have written not only about God but also about the problem of evil, Christ, the church, Christian education, pastoral counseling, preaching, the nature of human beings, history, liberation and salvation, spirituality, religious diversity, interfaith dialogue, science and religion, and other standard theological topics.

A doctrine challenged by science can be abandoned; a commandment that clashes with modern attitudes ignored; the problem of evil washed away in a New Age bath.»

If God exists, the downside is the problem of evil.

For some reason, I've been in a scholarly mood recently — I'm finishing up N.T. Wright's Justification (which, in a lot of ways, raised more questions in my mind than answers, and also made me want to read every other N.T. Wright book ever written, particularly Jesus and the Victory of God), and I've just borrowed Satan and the Problem of Evil by Greg Boyd from my father, (a thick volume that is intimidating on the outside, but surprisingly accessible on the inside).

Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson, Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians by Lawrence Kushner, The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd, The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder, Decision Making and the Will of God by Gary Friesen, Satan and the Problem of Evil by Greg Boyd, A Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas Madden, and Manifest Destiny: American Expansion and the Empire of Right by Anders Stephanson.

His chapter on prayer was one of the best treatments of prayer I have ever read, right up there with the essays on prayer by C.S. Lewis and the chapter on praying in the Whirlwind in Greg Boyd's Satan & the Problem of Evil.

At this point, we got into some of the nitty gritty, as I asked him about things like the Problem of Evil and the preordained damnation of the non-elect.