Philosophy 1230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Irenaeus, Theodicy, Omnipotence
13 Oct 2016
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Existence of god has been thoroughly criticized by philosophers. Theologians can accept this criticism no rational proof of god. Not all religious beliefs lack rational support but they are positively irrational: several essential doctrines are inconsistent with each other. Gadflies are annoying challenge conventional wisdom areas people consider common sense. They employ the socratic technique beliefs on issues that matter to us are files with tensions or inconsistencies. Husband was taking pic wave dragged wife in to the sea, he tried to save her failed to. 22-month girl died after father locked her in a car parked in hot sun for five hours. Child brides five-year-old gets married: cases po(cid:449)erfully illustrate (cid:449)hat has (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to (cid:271)e k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the (cid:862)pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) of e(cid:448)il(cid:863) God is omnipotent, and god is wholly good; yet evil exists. One must adhere and cannot consistently adhere to all three.
