20.04 Formally Stated (pps.14-15)

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The truth of any two of the propositions renders the third seemingly impossible. To paraphrase Schulweis, when confronted with cool logic and remorseless evil, we are tempted to sacrifice elements of at least one of the first two classic propositions.

Invariably, the attempted exculpation of God defends a major aspect of perfection at the expense of another. Each type of theodicy is compelled to divest itself of some vital part of monotheistic belief in order to protect what it considers to be the more valued ideal. It is around that excluded aspect that the arguments and counterarguments of theodicy are centered.

—Schulweis45

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45 Schulweis, Evil and the Morality of God, p. 7.
Cf. ibid., p. 1. “True depths of tragedy become apparent when two equally divine principles come into conflict.”

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