Worldviews and Chapter Questions, Theodicy and Metaphysics

In your textbook,

A Christian Philosophical Journey

, review Chapter 6, “The

Problem of Evil.”

From your reading and your best analysis of arguments and proposals in the

textbook, respond to these questions:

a.

Is it useful to have a personal theodicy concerning evil?

b.

How do you explain God’s will in spite of evil (especially in a

Wesleyan

-

Arminian wor

ldview)?

c.

Is God bound by evil, or is evil limited by God?

d.

How can you best state your belief in the all

-

encompassing

attributes of God, while dealing with the fact that God Himself

“allows” evil to exist (at least for now)?

e.

Do humans contribute to the real

ity of evil? In what way are we

torn between our God

-

given purpose at creation and our

performance after creation?

You will definitely want to use the Bible in your reasoning to shape your

discussion and PowerPoint group presentation.

In your textbook, A Christian Philosophical Journey, review Chapter 6, “The

Problem of Evil.”

From your reading and your best analysis of arguments and proposals in the

textbook, respond to these questions:

a. Is it useful to have a personal theodicy concerning evil?

b. How do you explain God’s will in spite of evil (especially in a

Wesleyan-Arminian worldview)?

c. Is God bound by evil, or is evil limited by God?

d. How can you best state your belief in the all-encompassing

attributes of God, while dealing with the fact that God Himself

“allows” evil to exist (at least for now)?

e. Do humans contribute to the reality of evil? In what way are we

torn between our God-given purpose at creation and our

performance after creation?

You will definitely want to use the Bible in your reasoning to shape your

discussion and PowerPoint group presentation.