According to Mackie, It Is Sometimes Suggested That "Evil Is

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Multiple Choice

According to Mackie, it is sometimes suggested that "Evil is necessary as a means to good."
But Mackie criticizes this position when he says, "so that if God has to introduce evil as a means to good, he must be subject to at least some causal laws. This certainly conflicts with what a theist normally means by ..."

• A) human rationality.
• B) theology.
• C) omniscience.
• D) omnipotence.

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