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WorksheetsProblem of Evil Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these views is associated with John Hick?
Evil is privation
Soul making
Predestination
Natural evil is punishment
The inconsistent triad is the problem arising from the existence of an all powerful and all loving God with what other thing?
God's existence
God's immanence
God's omniscience
The existence of evil
Which of these points are NOT a criticism of the Free Will defense?
It assumes all people will be saved
It fails to explain animal pain
It fails to explain Natural Evil
We cannot prove that humans have free will
Which of these ideas comes from Augustine?
Soul making
Universalism
Original Sin
Consequentialism
How would a Deist solve the problem of evil?
By arguing that God is unaware of evil
By arguing that God is not all good
By arguing that God is not all powerful
By arguing God does not exist
Which of these problems comes from our experience of evil?
the logical problem of evil
the evidential problem of evil
both of the above
neither
Which of these issues is NOT a criticism of Hick's soul making theodicy?
universalism means that even the wickedest people end up in heaven
God is using evil to bring about a greater good
the sheer amount of evil makes character building less worthwhile
the issue of predestination counts against free will
Which of these ideas are NOT part of Hick's theodicy?
Epistemic Distance
Soul making
Free will
Original Sin
Which of these thinkers puts a version of the Free Will Defence?
Alvin Plantinga
John Mackie
John Hick
D Z Phillips
How does Swinburne criticise Hick's soul making theodicy?
He does not accept Epistemic Distance
He does not accept the idea of Free Will
He does not accept the possibility of character development
He does not accept the idea of universalism
