Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pol Pot, Theodicy, Trilemma

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1022A/B
• Professor: Corrine Walsh

Document Summary

Cambodia: pol pot (may 1925- april 1998, khmer rouge (communist group, 1975-1979, classi cation: Major theories of theodicy: sin and free will" theodicy. All human beings participate in or inherit the sin of the rst parents, adam and. Eve, whose violation of god"s commands justly brought death and suffering to the world. Emphasizes the educative role suffering can play in human life. Vicarious suffering serves an educative purpose by manifesting the consequences of sin to the world and by helping to purify and uplift the suffered. Yom kippur scripture 16: eschatological theodicies. Locate ful llment or reward for innocent suffering in realm beyond the world. Eschaton the end times (death, judgment, heaven, hell and the return of christ: heavenly domain, a kingdom of god at the end of time. Often for when young kids died: theodicy and mystery. Innocent suffering overwhelms rational efforts at explanation.