Sunday, May 19, 2013
Theodicy and Determinism: Leibniz's Folly of the "Best Possible World"
The theodicy conundrum is typically set up as a "best possible worlds" dilemma: of all possible worlds that could have been created, why would an all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful God create a world in which evil and suffering exist? Why did God create the circumstances that would allow Adam to sin? These questions, the stuff of anti-theist rejoinders, have been the perennial bane of Christ theology for time immemorial.
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Labels:
Arminianism,
Calvinism,
Determinism,
Election,
Eternity,
Platonism,
Theodicy
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