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Philosophy 102:  Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry
Summary Chart of Hick's Argument Concerning the Problem of Evil.

The Problem of Evil Objections Hick's Counterobjections
If God is omnipotent, he can prevent all evil Personalists--God is finite in power Limited power contradicts Biblical faith.
If God is perfectly good, he must want to prevent all evil Hick--evil is a necessary possibility for persons to exist.
Mackie
--God could create wholly good persons
A"wholly good person " is a logical impossibility, a meaningless conjunction of words.
Evil exists. Augustine--evil is not created by God but is the decay of good.
Christian Science--evil is an illusion
The denial of evil contradicts Biblical faith.
These views raise anew the question of the origin of evil
God is either not omnipotent or not perfectly good or both

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