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.