Parsons Considers the Concept of God in Which Three Things

question 5

Multiple Choice

Parsons considers the concept of God in which three things are required to be true: 1. God is perfectly good; 2. God is all-powerful; and 3. God does not prevent the existence of natural and moral evil. But according to Parsons, "these three claims seem to form ..."

• A) an inconsistent set.
• B) an eternally existent God.
• C) a tentative idea of God.
• D) a derivative concept of God.

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