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    This document contains a student's answers to three questions on a midterm exam about John Henry McCloskey's arguments on theodicy. In the first question, the student identifies McCloskey's idea that the existence of evil in the world questions why bad things happen to good people if God is omnipotent. For the second question, the student argues that McCloskey's strongest argument is the inconsistency between God's omnipotence and the presence of evil. In the third question, as a seminarian the student acknowledges the difficulty in reconciling evil with an omnipotent, loving God, but believes McCloskey's argument is weak for failing to consider human free will and the possibility of drawing

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    This document contains a student's answers to three questions on a midterm exam about John Henry McCloskey's arguments on theodicy. In the first question, the student identifies McCloskey's idea that the existence of evil in the world questions why bad things happen to good people if God is omnipotent. For the second question, the student argues that McCloskey's strongest argument is the inconsistency between God's omnipotence and the presence of evil. In the third question, as a seminarian the student acknowledges the difficulty in reconciling evil with an omnipotent, loving God, but believes McCloskey's argument is weak for failing to consider human free will and the possibility of drawing

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    BRO. CHRISTIAN C.

    PAGAYANAN September 11, 2022


    THE BROTHERS OF CHRIST SIR. ALBERT LAGLIVA

    Bro. Christian C. Pagayanan Sir. Albert lagliva


    The brothers of christ September 20, 2022

    MIDTERM EXAM IN THEODICY

    1. Identify two (2) to three (3) ideas/concepts/insights presented by


    McCloskey which are important in Theodicy. Explain your answers.

    Answer.
    The idea of John Henry Mccloskey about God and Evil is like a Reasonable in
    his mind because for him the question is why do bad things happen in the
    Good people if there is God why the evil existing and I think this is the only
    insight that was presented by Mccloskey. For me I believe that in the world
    there is opposites to all things one of the best example is good and bad
    things.

    2. What do you think is the strongest argument that McCloskey


    presented to justify that God does not exist? Explain your answer?

    Answer.
    Personally, I consider the inconsistency or irreconcileability between the
    presence of evils in the world and the omnipotence of God as the strongest
    argument that McCloskey presented to justify that God does not exist.
    Although I have some questions behind of its authenticity The argument rests
    on the pretext that God is all.powerful.yet evil exists in the world which
    questions that God lacks the power to create everything good. From another
    angle, if God is perfect, and evil.is privation, hence, it is contradictory to the
    nature of God who is perfectly good to create evil.

    3. As a seminarian, how do you react to the arguments raised by


    McCloskey to present his case that physical/moral evils and an
    omnipotent and loving God cannot co-exist? 

    Answer.

    As a seminarian, it would indeed be difficult to reconcile the existence of


    physical/moral evils and the omnipotent nature and the all loving being of
    God. However the weakness of McCloskey's argument is the absence
    or.failure to allow the room for human trascendence. It fails to see some
    wisdom behind evil. Another weakness of McCloskey's argument is its
    disregard of the nature of created things as finite and as finite evil.is inevitable
    or inherent. Moreover, McCloskey's argument fails to consider human
    freedom which God respects for making a choice or decision to do good or
    evil. Finally, McCloskey failed to.consider the difference between causing and
    allowing evil God merely allows not causes evil. In fact God allows evil
    because good can be drawn from evil.

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