Aug Theodicy PoE Flashcards

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Aug interprets the bible…

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Literally.
G created the world from nothing.
Humans are superior to animals.
Garden of Eden characterised by harmony.
A + E choose to sin. (Original)
Resulting in the fall, and an epistemically gap.
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Augs Hierachry of life…

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Angles.
Man.
Animals (purely physical beings)

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The consequence of disharmony is suffering

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In Gen 1, God punishes A+E in 3 ways:
Pain at childbirth.
Adam sent to toil in the fields.
Both are banned from Eden.
G created the world, but poor human moral choices led to the sin and suffering we see today.
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We share Adams…

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Sin.
We’re all his descendants, and were ‘seminally present’.
We share the consequences.

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Aug on everything being good

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Believed everything was inherently good, in proportion to being itself.
Evil must be therefore a deprivation of good.
Evil did not come from god as he created perfection.
Evil comming from elsewhere makes G justified in leaving it.

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Aug and FW

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Aug assumes we have FW, believing its more valuable than being a robot.
If you remove freedom you also remove the good choices, not just bad.

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