September 19, 2016

• standard argument has a major premise and a minor premise
• mojor premise - first premise
• minor - second premise
• if p then q
• p is the major
• q is the minor
• all a's are b's
• x is a
• x is B
• an argument is syllogism
• prosyllogism an argument for syllogism
• oddesy a trip of god
• Argument is: God is not omnipotent or God is not omniscient or God is not good
• God didn't create the best world so god is not omnipotent, omniscient or not good
• Duns Scotus - God could have made it no be the case the 3+4=7
• a.) 3+4=10
• b.) there is no 3,4,10 etc.  
•  If being good is part of gods nature how could he make something bad
• God makes the best possible universe
• one thing he puts into the best universe possible is free will which creates good and evil
• a word with evil would be better with a world without evil
• the best possible world must have free will
• the few good people may outweigh the badness of the rest of us
• there has to be some goodness and badness because there is free will
• god doesn't talk about natural disasters
• could god have made the world without them?
• Potato famine came from the greed of others
• human dispositions: to get angry, to help people, to rob people
• natural dispositions: earthquakes, volcanoes