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The Soul-Making Theodicy

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The soul-making theodicy: a world with hardship is the only kind where courage, compassion, and character can develop—evil serves growth.

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Hick's image: the world is a vale of soul-making, not a pleasure garden—an environment built for moral adulthood.

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The evidential problem returns: what growth does the fawn's unseen agony serve? A theodicy must cover the hard cases.