LV - Problem of Evil

What is the difference between moral and natural evil?

• Moral is caused by humans, natural is not

• Moral evil impact humans; natural evil impacts nature

• There is no difference

• Moral evil is to do with God, natural evil to do with science

Which of the following are examples of NATURAL evil?

• Tsunami

• A terrorist attack

• A lion eating a deer

• Cancer

Which of the following are examples of MORAL evil?

• Tsunami

• A terrorist attack

• A lion eating a deer

• Somebody stealing your money

What does the Problem of Evil try to do?

• Prove that there is evil in the world

• Prove that God cannot exist if there is evil in the world

• Prove that evil is a problem for us

• Prove that God is the cause of evil

What's the name of the philosopher who first wrote the poem associated with the problem of evil?

• Epicurus

• Hume

• Mill

• Aquinas

Which of the following philosophers agree with the problem of evil?

• Epicurus

• Hume

• Mill

• Aquinas

What are the three points of the Inconsistent Triad?

• Omnibenevolence, omnipotence, evil exists

• Omnibenevolence, omniscience, evil exists

• Omnibenevolence, omnipotence, omniscience

• Evil exists, God exists, I exist

Who argued that the problem of evil is a LOGICAL problem?

• Mill

• Mackie

• Hume

• Epicurus

Who argued that there was clear evidence that there was no loving/powerful God, because of the suffering we can see in nature?

• Mill

• Mackie

• Hume

• Epicurus

Who said the problem of evil was the 'rock of atheism'?

• Mill

• Mackie

• Hume

• Epicurus