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The word is taken from the title of a work that supplied one theodicy, namely that this is TheBestOfAllPossibleWorlds?: the TheoDicee? by GottfriedLeibniz (q.v.). See also TheProblemOfEvil. Yet another minor inquiry, to be deleted asap. I know what q.v. means, it just seems silly, since there's a link right there. I think in print you have to say q.v. to let people know that they ought to go look something up. Here, the hyperlink says that. Maybe not, though. I have no strong opinion. :-) I just didn't want to edit out the q.v. without asking. |
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The word is taken from the title of a work that supplied one theodicy, namely that this is TheBestOfAllPossibleWorlds?: the TheoDicee? by GottfriedLeibniz. See also TheProblemOfEvil. |
A theodicy is a theory about why God allows evil to exist in the world. In other words, a theodicy contains speculations about God?s actual purposes in allowing evil to exist in the world. In order to be a successful theodicy, the purposes stated must be wholly consistent with the notion that God is all-loving. So what is called for is an explanation of the purposes that a loving God might have in permitting evil to exist.
The word is taken from the title of a work that supplied one theodicy, namely that this is TheBestOfAllPossibleWorlds?: the TheoDicee? by GottfriedLeibniz. See also TheProblemOfEvil.
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