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Problem of Evil Revision

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What makes up the inconsistent triad?

a)

omnipotence, omniscience, benevolence

b)

omnipotence, benevolence, suffering

c)

omnipotence, benevolence, suffering

d)

omnipotence, omniscience, suffering

2.

Who originally came up with the inconsistent triad?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Hume

c)

Irenaeus

3.

Which form of evil might make God more responsible for suffering?

a)

Natural

b)

Moral

4.

Who stated that the level of suffering in the world made them want to "return their ticket"

a)

Anselm

b)

Aquinas

c)

Dostoevsky

5.

Who takes the Genesis creation story literally?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

c)

Both

6.

Who gave the example of the potter?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

7.

Who believed that evil was a "privation of good"?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

8.

Who believed that there was a hierarchy of beings?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

9.

Who believed that humans sinned as a result of free will?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

c)

Both

10.

Who said that we are created in an immature state and we move towards God during our life?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

11.

Who stated that there was an epistemic distance between humans and God?

a)

Augustine

b)

Hick

c)

Irenaeus

12.

Who argued that God puts a limit on human suffering?

a)

Hume

b)

Hick

c)

Swinburne

13.

What is the key feature of Hick's theodicy?

a)

Salvation by grace

b)

Universal salvation