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3.1 Philosophy of religion and ethics: Philosophy of religion
Quick questions on Evil and suffering: the problem of evil and theodicies - AQA A-Level Religious Studies
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Schleiermacher argues the account is logically incoherent: a perfect world containing perfect beings could not go wrong, so either the world was already flawed (in which case God is responsible) or evil came from nothing, which is contradictory. Modern evolutionary science undermines a literal Fall from an original perfection, since suffering and death long predate humanity. The doctrine of "seminal presence" and inherited guilt also looks morally unjust, punishing the descendants for Adam's sin.
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