Religions (Dec 2017)

Actualizing Unique Type and Token Values as a Solution to the Problem of Evil

  • Atle Ottesen Søvik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9010005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
p. 5

Abstract

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Concerning the problem of evil, I suggest that God's goodness and omnipotence causes God to want to actualize many different values and things, not solely angels in heaven, but also type unique values like independence, self-formation, creativity, and surprise, and token unique goods like animals and human beings. Such a universe as ours, though, requires undisturbed indeterministic self-formation as actualized by a good God to give those token unique beings access to those type unique values and allow them the opportunity to live forever with God after completion of this self-formation.

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