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If one finds oneself believing all three propositions of an inconsistent triad, then (in order to be rational) one must give up or modify at least one of those beliefs. Maybe Alice doesn't love me, or maybe she wouldn't send flowers to me if she did, or maybe she actually has sent flowers.
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have been made to the problem of evil, including the proposition that evil exists as a consequence of a greater good, such as free will; that evil is an illusion; and that evil is necessary for spiritual growth.
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The dialectical framework for the whole discussion of the problem in the philosophy of perception and the theoretical conception of perceptual experience is set out as an inconsistent triad.
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God is omnibenevolent, but not omnipotent; thus, evil exists, but it is not within God's power to stop it (at least not instantaneously).
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Mackie argued that these propositions were inconsistent, and thus, that at least one of these propositions must be false. Either:
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God is omnipotent, but not omnibenevolent; thus, evil exists by God's will.
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Howard-Snyder, F., Howard-Snyder, D., & Wasserman, R. (2009).
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is often given in the form of an inconsistent triad. For example,
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God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent, and evil does not exist.
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Physical objects are the direct objects of perception.
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The direct objects of perception are mind-dependent.
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Three propositions of which at most two can be true
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