Hick's soul making theodicy

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created by ?	John Hick
who taught at ?	Birmingham uni
and made many?	philosophical contributions
his foundation for his theodicy was the what was no longer credible?	Augustinian theodicy
which blames the existence of evil and suffering on?	adam and eve
because of their disobedience, and their punishment known as ?	the fall
and subsequently, every human is born with?	original sin
this created what between humans and God?	distance
which can only be overcome by accepting?	teachings of christ
Augustine believed evil and suffering was ?	humanities fault
and adam and eve brought?	suffering into the world
so all evil (natural and moral) is our?	punishment
God is justified in not removing it as it is ?	deserved
Hick dismisses Augustine's idea's as?	utterly unacceptable
as genesis is a mythological account, not?	scientific
humans cannot be responsible for all suffering, as?	disease
was part of the world before?	humans arrived
punishing the entire human race is ?	unjust
and Christians believe in a ?	fair God
if one of God's creations deviates from it's?	design
then the original creation must be ?	flawed
Hick prefers the ideas of ?	st irenaeus
who said god did not create the world perfectly, and adam and eve were like children who needed to?	mature
god loves us through suffering as we develop into?	his image
Hick equates God's love for humanity to a?	parents love for their child
no parent can force their child to?	love them
just as God cannot make us?	love him
parenting is teaching your child to make?	good judgements
and ?	develop them
genesis 1.29 says god wants to create humanity in his	image and likeness
Hick calls the image?	bios
and the likeness?	zoe
which means the ?	perfect personal life
of humans, as seen in?	jesus
we are created by God biologically, but are developed by?	our choices
we are designed to be?	imperfect
so we can?	morally develop
eventually, humans can become?	christ like

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the human race will mature, and respond to its creator in?	freedom and love
whereas some children never respond to their parents, the whole human race will?	respond freely to god
all will be ?	saved
and all will enter?	heaven
this process can extend beyond our?	mortal lifetimes
whereas in Augustine's theodicy, the world is a place of ?	soul deciding
for Hick, the world is a place of?	soul making
for Hick, hell is an?	abhorrent doctrine
as God's salvation is for?	all
development as humans can only come from the freedom to?	chose between good and bad
humans must exist at what from God?	an epistemic distance
this means a distance of?	knowledge
if people knew for definite that God existed, they would lose their ?	freedom
as they would only ever do what they thought?	god would want
the world must contain?	moral and natural evil
so we can develop?	second order virtues
such as? (1)	compassion
(2)	empathy
(3)	courage
which means Hick's theodicy encompasses the?	fwd
we need evil to develop as human beings, and our suffering makes us?	virtuous
life as it is gives the the ?	stimulus for development
take away the stimulus (suffering), and you also?	take away the development
this is called the?	counterfactual hypothesis
Hick agrees with the idea that humans could not have been created to always freely choose good. who supported this view?	alvin plantinga
if humans were moral robots, their response to God would not be?	authentic
if love is forced, it is?	worthless
challenge to hicks theodicy- it does not justify whos suffering?	animals
Hick responds that this is necessary to maintain the ?	epistemic distance
their pain also is necessary as it warns them of?	danger
so is necessary for?	survival
challenge- there is evil in the world that is?	pointless
e.g., the fawn example from?	william rowe
hick responds that mystery is again required to?	maintain epistemic distance
challenge - hick's theodicy does not justify the?	worst evil
such as ?	genocide
Hick responds that if we remove the worst, the next worse would just become the worst. The more evil we remove, what do humans increasingly become?	less free

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