ARGUMENT:

parsons.docx |
RESPONSE TO PREMISE 2 of PARSONS' ARGUMENT:
Premise 2 ignores contextualism in epistemology in two important respects:
Premise 2 ignores contextualism in epistemology in two important respects:

premise_2.docx |
FIVE ARTICLES THAT CONTAIN THE MATERIAL TO UNDERCUT THIS ARGUMENT:

modified_response.pdf |

connection_building_theodicy.pdf |

decrae.1.pdf |

jaar-clark-barrett-reid.pdf |

how_relevant_is_the_cognitive_science_of_religion_to_philosophy_of_religion.docx |
Irenaeus' theodicy (as appealed to the above: decrae.1.pdf) is indeed a promising reply to this objection, but, to my knowledge, nobody has tried to flesh it out (a daunting task that would have to cover all of human history!). However, there are 6 Books that I recently found that I think could be put together to go a long long long way (enough to make it a very plausible theodicy) towards this very goal (though not the explicit intention of the authors). Here they are:
http://www.amazon.com/Name-God-Evolutionary-Religious-CourseSmart/dp/1405183810/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357334782&sr=1-1&keywords=in+the+name+of+god+teehan
http://www.amazon.com/Supernatural-Selection-How-Religion-Evolved/dp/0195385810/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Through-Centuries-History-Culture/dp/0300079877/ref=sr_1_sc_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357334859&sr=1-6-spell&keywords=jarsolav+pelikan
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845532953/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Human-Evolution-Paleolithic-Axial/dp/0674061438/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357334921&sr=1-1&keywords=robert+bellah
http://www.amazon.com/Interpretation-Religion-Responses-Transcendent-Second/dp/0300106688/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357335002&sr=1-6&keywords=john+hick
http://www.amazon.com/Name-God-Evolutionary-Religious-CourseSmart/dp/1405183810/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357334782&sr=1-1&keywords=in+the+name+of+god+teehan
http://www.amazon.com/Supernatural-Selection-How-Religion-Evolved/dp/0195385810/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Through-Centuries-History-Culture/dp/0300079877/ref=sr_1_sc_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357334859&sr=1-6-spell&keywords=jarsolav+pelikan
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1845532953/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Human-Evolution-Paleolithic-Axial/dp/0674061438/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357334921&sr=1-1&keywords=robert+bellah
http://www.amazon.com/Interpretation-Religion-Responses-Transcendent-Second/dp/0300106688/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357335002&sr=1-6&keywords=john+hick