Which statement best characterizes John Hick’s position?

a. A good God would make our life completely free of pain.
b. Even an all-powerful God could not make free persons into ready-made, perfected moral agents.
c. The reason why God allows suffering in this life is to punish us when we have gone astray.
d. The problem of evil is solved by recognizing that good and evil is simply a matter of personal, subjective, opinion.


b. Even an all-powerful God could not make free persons into ready-made, perfected moral agents.

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a. prophets. b. messiahs. c. kings. d. priests.

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Mary Baker Eddy was highly influenced by the teachings of ______________ , a renowned

evangelical and healer.

a. Phineas P. Quimby b. L. Ron Hubbard c. Daniel Patterson d. Joseph Smith

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A) (F ? N) ? (G ? S) B) [F ? (S ? G)] ? [N ? (S ? G)] C) [(F ? N) ? S] ? G D) (F ? N) ? (S ? G) E) F ? [N ? (S ? G)]

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