Defense: I would like to introduce my witness to the stage, Mr. John Hick.
Defense: Dr. Hick, please introduce yourself, and inform the court of your qualifications as a witness.
Hick: Good day, Judge, Jury, lawyers and witnesses. My name is John Hick. I am a lecturer at Cambridge University, I teach Divinity. My past experience was at Princeton theological Seminar where I was a professor Christian Philosophy. I have an MA. degree from University of Edinburgh, and a PhD. from Oxford University. I have written two books “Faith and Knowledge” and “Philosophy of Religion”. I have also edited two books “The existence of God” and “Faith and the philosophers”. We can all agree I have years of experience and exposure on the topic of God, hence,…show more content… Humans, Our character needs to be developed into a more prestigious one. The actual hard, and challenging difficulties are the necessary condition for the development of our character and moral. Moreover, the pain might be necessary for the final pleasure and future good that would be acquired in heaven. For example, in the evil situation of famine, you can develop the moral character of helping others and learn not to be selfish. Also, without the hard time of playing and practice of a ball game, no one can feel the actual pleasure of winning a game. Which is better, a world with greater number of moral virtual but with evil or a world with lesser number of moral virtues with no evil? The answer is the former, thus the need of soul…show more content… Judge: Does the prosecution have any questions for the witness?
Prosecution: Yes, your honor.
Prosecution: In your previous argument you stated God allows pain and suffering to occur to build souls and character. Wouldn’t a perfect loving God want to maximize human pleasure and minimize pain?
Hick: God is not worried about the amount of pain and pleasure we face right now because he knows the pain is only temporarily. God knows that the future good we will obtain when we pass all the obstacles would be great enough to justify all this pain and suffering.
Prosecution: How is the future happiness of the victim relevant to this case? Is the suffering of the child required to achieve this happiness?
Hick: First of all, God did not make the lightning strike the house, it was an evil he did not cause but merely allowed. This child lost his parents but did not lose his life, he may not be grateful now but in the future when he is successful, rich and all things looking perfect with a beautiful family, he would be grateful that he did not lose his life in this tragedy. And if the child passes all the tests and obstacles, he is guaranteed an afterlife where there is no suffering, no pain and a reconnection with his
