Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Pol Pot, Omnipotence, Agrarian Society

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Theodicy = perenial questions most religious have asked & tried to answer we think of these questions when they happen on a global scale & when they are deeply personal. Pol pot led the khmer rouge, took power in 1975 1979. Transformed the country into utopian agrarian society abolishing religion / cities / money. 3 classification of ppl: full-rights people, candidates and depositees (deposited from cities & killed) Of a population of 8 million killed 2 million ppl (1/4 of all ppl) - mass graves in phan penh. Killing fields of chong eck 9k pits exhumed 43 left alone 40k ppl killed their. Classical question why do the innocent suffer why bad things happen to good ppl. Question is known as trilemma (good god w/ evil world) western question on western god. Suffering - explaining suffering& the presence of evil. Trilemma is how we reconcile this how does good & gracious omnipotent &

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