Point 7, a passing reference to theodicy, is not specific to ID. From Wordnik.com. [David Anderson on Creation and Evolution] Reference
This question of suffering -- which theologians refer to as "theodicy" -- has, since the emergence of human consciousness, prompted many different theories and possible answers. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Lurie: Why do we Suffer? Three Possibilities] Reference
A theodicy is a vindication of divine goodness in the context of the existence of evil. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
It belongs to the field of theology known as theodicy, which seeks to explain why suffering exists in the world. From Wordnik.com. [uuworld.org: latest stories] Reference
Again and again, the ancient question of what theologians call theodicy raises its head: Why is there evil in God's good world?. From Wordnik.com. [Bill's 'Faith Matters' Weblog] Reference
In reaction to the problem of evil Christians have developed an argued response called a theodicy (a term coined by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1710). From Wordnik.com. [ExChristian.Net -- encouraging ex-Christians] Reference
Rather, the good on which this kind of theodicy is based is a free and informed choice that can only be made from a position of sinfulness. From Wordnik.com. [Divine Providence] Reference
I construct it as 'theodicy' was constructed, and I do so in the spirit of the copycat. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
How to keep a balanced perspective on spiritual warfare and "theodicy" in an increasingly occult world. From Wordnik.com. [futuristguy] Reference
In all literary versions, however, the myth is a kind of theodicy, addressing the question of why there is evil in the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Clog] Reference
Why not ask Danielle Steel her thoughts on theodicy?. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven Help Us:] Reference
The problem of moral evil involves Leibniz 'theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [PROBLEM OF EVIL] Reference
The ground is thus prepared for a philosophical theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [THEODICY] Reference
Augustine's theodicy is eclectic and resists sys - tematization. From Wordnik.com. [THEODICY] Reference
Leibniz 'theodicy was judged as precarious in its theological implications. From Wordnik.com. [PROBLEM OF EVIL] Reference
This is the age-old problem of theodicy, of course, and we should consider it solved. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Harris: There is No God (And You Know It)] Reference
Both the origin and the fate of Mr. Mailer's theodicy are as interesting as the thing itself. From Wordnik.com. [Mailer Was the Rage] Reference
To raise the speculative question of a theodicy merely reveals the entire sinful condition of man. From Wordnik.com. [THEODICY] Reference
Religious faith needs the challenge of the subversive theodicy in End of Days or it doesn't mean anything. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Two Satans, or the New Hollywood Theodicy] Reference
In the theological conflicts of the Reformation another critical reaction to the Augustinian theodicy developed. From Wordnik.com. [THEODICY] Reference
It'sremarkable, though, how Kushner's cop-out has become the contemporary evasive answer to questions of theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [Disaster Ignites Debate: 'Was God In the Tsunami?'] Reference
Buddhist reflection followed the more radical course of avoiding the pitfalls of theodicy by a fundamental atheism. From Wordnik.com. [PROBLEM OF EVIL] Reference
The admission of this single truth of value is enough to raise all the time-honoured problems of ethics and theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
And it is in this universalism of ruin rather than in a universalism of salvation that St. Paul really roots his theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination] Reference
Leibniz is less rhapsodic but no less assured in his philosophical theodicy, which he would justify on ra - tional grounds. From Wordnik.com. [PROBLEM OF EVIL] Reference
More broadly, theodicy is the effort to justify evil, whether the form such justification takes is religious or nonreligious. From Wordnik.com. [Robert D. Stolorow: "Radical Evil"] Reference
The evil symbolized by Auschwitz defied comprehension or integration and, according to Levinas, thereby put an end to theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [Robert D. Stolorow: "Radical Evil"] Reference
The novel becomes a philosophical reflection on truth, lies, belief and self-knowledge shot through Bunting's ruminations on theodicy. From Wordnik.com. [Epilogue] Reference
(If you ever want an example of rationalizing to contrast with reasoning, you cannot do better than to look at apologetics of theodicy.). From Wordnik.com. [Clay Farris Naff: Sims, Suffering and God: Matrix Theology and the Problem of Evil] Reference
In the Hellenistic period, however, there were two distinct approaches to a theodicy, which established precedents for later discussions. From Wordnik.com. [THEODICY] Reference
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