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The art of explaining why a good god allows bad things, without blaming the god.
means A theological argument that tries to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with belief in an all-good, all-powerful god.
from Coined by combining Greek 'theos' (god) and 'dike' (justice) — literally 'justifying god.' The term was invented in the early 18th century by the philosopher Leibniz, who used it as the title of a work arguing that this is, despite appearances, the best of all possible worlds.
- origin
- Coined by Leibniz from Greek theos and dike, god and justice
- classic answer
- Free will: evil is the price of choice
- job's version
- Book of Job basically says stop asking
- earthquake problem
- Lisbon 1755 quake made philosophers doubt the whole project