Friday 6 November 2009

Six to Go, and Counting

My Philosophy exam was today. Here's one of the questions:
'Evil is tragic, awful, painful, and personal, and it should be acknowledged as such. If a theodicy urges us to forget or ignore that fact, it loses its relevance for addressing the relentless pain of the world'.

In what sense can you agree with this statement as the compassionate response to the 'problem of evil'?
A pretty cool question, I reckon.

I think I did fine in today's exam. What's got me concerned is the Monday/Tuesday Old Testament onslaught. Monday is the theology exam, Tuesday the exegesis (i.e. translating and commenting on specific passages). Pray that I fill my head with the right stuff! It's seriously frightening.