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    John Hick's soul-making theodicy treats natural evil as a... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The free will defense does not provide a complete solution to the problem of evil.

    John Hick's soul-making theodicy treats natural evil as a necessary condition for the development of virtues like courage, compassion, and moral seriousness.

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    • 1.Virtues like courage require genuine danger/suffering to develop; comfortable conditions make moral growth impossible.
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    • 2.Natural evils create real stakes for moral choice, distinguishing authentic virtue from mere preference or habit.
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    • 3.Compassion cannot emerge without exposure to suffering; empathy requires experiential understanding of pain.
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    • 1.Gratuitous suffering exists beyond what virtue development requires; a benevolent God would minimize unnecessary pain.
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    • 2.Children dying from disease doesn't develop their virtues; innocent suffering fails the soul-making justification.
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    • 3.Omnipotent beings could create virtue-developing challenges without natural evils causing mass suffering and death.
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