Question

Michael Tooley’s review of this concept holds that the Total Evidence requirement is violated in Paul Draper’s Bayesian explanation of it featuring the “hypothesis of indifference.” William Rowe discussed a theoretical “friendly atheist” in a work exploring this concept’s evidential argument. A work responding to Pierre Bayle outlines this concept’s moral, physical, and metaphysical types. (15[1])Alvin Plantinga supports the (*) “free will defense” for the existence of this concept. (10[1]-5[1])It’s not matter, but Augustine explained this concept's (-5[1])existence as a type of privation. A “Theodicy” attempts to resolve this concept’s namesake (10[1])problem. For 10 points, identify this concept whose presence in a world created by a benevolent deity names a problem in the philosophy of religion. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: evil [or the problem of evil]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AImperial B5415
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonBristol67-5
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BLSE A6710
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick A75-5
Shiv SeshanCambridge BImperial A8910
Kevin FlanaganBristolSouthampton1150
Chris LevesleyWarwick ALSE B11510

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2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo2024-11-09Y1100%100%0%53.00
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois2024-11-09Y1100%0%100%114.00
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley2024-12-06Y2100%50%0%49.50
2024 ARCADIA at GT2024-12-06Y475%0%100%112.00
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick2024-12-06Y580%20%40%81.25