Theodicy in the Context of the Contemporary Achievements of the Biosciences
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2018.003Keywords
Divine Plan of Redemption, evolution, original sin, theodicyAbstract
There are various conceptions expressing views on the nature of man. For example, sociobiology ascribes human behaviours like aggression and egoism to genetic conditionings formed in the process of evolution (the so-called struggle for existence). In turn, in Christian perspective God created initially perfect nature of man, which was flawed by original sin. Without the factors of evolution like death, mutations, illnesses needed in the Divine Plan of Redemption there would be no salvation for man. The death through the cross of Jesus Christ was needed to redeem the people and set them free. In order to reveal Himself to Himself as the Good, God enters the world in order to sacrifice Himself for its salvation. Similar views on theodicy were popular in the Middle Ages, developed, for example, in the ninth century by the theology of John Scotus Eriugena (panentheism).
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