CWV-101 Topic 6 Study Guide for Students Reliable Questions and Answers Already Passed-NEWEST 2022/2023

Define the problem of evil from the textbook and the PowerPoint. The philosophical and theological "problem" expressed in the question below: -If God is a good and loving God who is omnipotent, why is there evil in the world? -God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good -Such a God would have no place for evil -Such a God would be able to destroy evil -Therefore, evil should not exist with God -Yet evil does exist within this universe Also concerns the question of cause: -If God is a good and loving God who is omnipotent and sovereign, why is there evil in the world? -God is sovereign - in control of/decreeing all events -God is good - no evil in his character or being -Yet evil exists and originated as events within God's sovereignty - he "allowed" evil in some sense -Therefore, God is to blame for evil -Yet God is not blamed for evil How does the textbook define empiricism? An epistemological theory that knowledge comes through only sensory experience