{"id":91,"date":"2016-06-24T08:38:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T08:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=91"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:40:22","slug":"11-if-there-is-a-divine-why-is-there-gross-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=91","title":{"rendered":"#11 If there is a divine, why is there gross evil?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pc pc3b w0 h0\">\n<div class=\"t m1 x70 h67 y210 ff1b fs9 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">19 <span class=\"fs5\">    <span class=\"ff19 fs4\">POTENTIALISM THEORY<\/span><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h5a y227 ff1c fs9 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">#11 If ther<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>e is a divine,<br \/>\n                why is there gr<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>oss\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h5a y258 ff1c fs9 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"> evil?<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y259 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Classic term for question: <span class=\"ff1c\">Theodicy<span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y267 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Quick-formulation of Summa\u2019<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>s r<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>esponse: As the purpose\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y25b ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">of Man is to reach for his potential, and as Fr<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>eedom is\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y25c ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">integral to potential, the potential Divine is<br \/>\n                (virtually) unable\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y25d ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">to interfere with Man\u2019<span class=\"_ _10\"><\/span>s<br \/>\n                freedom.\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x3a h55 y296 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">SUMMA ICON: <span class=\"ff1c\">FREEDOM POTENTIAL IS INVIOLA<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>TE<span class=\"ff1b\"> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y2b6 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">The position of the Entrenched Dogma: <span class=\"ff1d\">not applicable<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y26b ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Components of the Summa hypothesis as regar<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>ds this\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y2b7 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">question:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y26d ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Intervention in Man\u2019<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>s<br \/>\n                fr<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>eedom would be the equivalent of\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y2c3 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">\u201ccosmic suicide.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19 POTENTIALISM THEORY #11 If there is a divine, why is there gross evil? Classic term for question: Theodicy Quick-formulation of Summa\u2019s response: As the purpose of Man is to reach for his potential, and as Freedom is integral to potential, the potential Divine is (virtually) unable to interfere with Man\u2019s freedom. SUMMA ICON: FREEDOM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}