Monday, March 5, 2012

Class #7, 3/5/2012

**Roster, etc.

**Handout:  longer essay assignment.  Due:  April 16.

**Due this week:  The Problem of Evil
------>Read carefully:
------>------>Augustine's definition of the problem [HANDOUT]
------>------>David Hume, "Evil makes a Strong Case...," pp 276ff.
------>Write:  What sort of challenge exactly is evil to the human sense that there is a "higher power"?

**Some visuals about Augustine and David Hume.

**For next class, March 19th:  Divine Action--
------>Read carefully from Part 8:
------>------>Paul Helm, Providence:  Risky or Risk-Free?, pp 348ff
------>------>J.R. Lucas, The Vulnerability of God, pp 369ff
------>------>Cobb and Griffin, God is Creative-Responsive Love, pp 377ff
------>Something to write:  Can God be personal and involved with the world, and still be the omnipotent, all-knowing God?  Isn't this a contradiction? 

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