Theodicy

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title: Theodicy
text: In the philosophy of religion, a theodicy is an argument that attempts to resolve the problem of evil that arises when all power and all goodness are simultaneously ascribed to God. Unlike a defence, which merely tries to demonstrate that the coexistence of God and evil is logically possible, a theodicy additionally provides a framework wherein God and evil's existence is considered plausible. The German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz coined the term "theodicy" in 1710 in his wo
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description: Theological attempt to resolve the problem of evil
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy
date created: 2001-10-08T21:11:33Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T00:29:55Z
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