Explain what Hick means by Epistemic Distance and why he thinks it is essential for human development? What did Hick mean by making’ theodicy? ‘soul How did Hick explain the imperfections in the world? Include; human development, natural evil, the counterfactual hypothesis Why does Hick claim that there must be an afterlife (eschatological justification)? Fill in the blanks in this summary of the Irenaean Theodicy… _____ is part of God’s plan God made human’s in his __________, Genuine perfection, cannot be ready-made, but must be achieved through _____________ Since God gives us _____________, God had to give us the potential to __________ him. If were no possibility of _________, then humans could not disobey God. Therefore the ___________ order had to be designed with the possibility of causing good or harm. God cannot compromise our freedom by ___________ and stopping suffering.
Explain what Hick means by Epistemic Distance and why he thinks it is essential for human development? What did Hick mean by ‘soul making’ theodicy? How did Hick explain the imperfections in the world? Include; human development, natural evil, the counterfactual hypothesis Why does Hick claim that there must be an afterlife (eschatological justification)? Fill in the blanks in this summary of the Irenaean Theodicy… _____ is part of God’s plan God made human’s in his __________, Genuine perfection, cannot be ready-made, but must be achieved through _____________ Since God gives us _____________, God had to give us the potential to __________ him. If were no possibility of _________, then humans could not disobey God. Therefore the ___________ order had to be designed with the possibility of causing good or harm. God cannot compromise our freedom by ___________ and stopping suffering.
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