Damn That Evil The problem of evil is an issue that is entirely too overlooked and dismissed by most Christians. I believe that it is a valid argument to renounce some views that traditional theism sets forward. This problem makes the existence of a traditional God extremely unlikely‚ and it makes a belief in one‚ irrational at best. The existence of evil is in juxtaposition with the idea of a Christian‚ omnipotent and wholly good God. Valid concerns may be raised that the problem of evil
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An Argument Against Divine Command Theory One may make the claim that if there is no God‚ then nothing is morally wrong. Those who are religious may believe this to be true‚ while it seems implausible for an atheist (at least one who claims to have any morals) to believe such a statement. Without addressing the issue of the existence of God‚ I will examine several facets of this claim in order to explore the two main points of view that a theist might have regarding this claim. A theist could agree
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How evil are we? Imagine being able to tell if someone was evil or good. In “The Milgram Experiment” they prove they can prove whether people are evil or good. In the test they have volunteer teachers come and help the learner learn. If the learner gets the question wrong the teacher is told to give them a painful shock. If the teacher continues‚ even after the learner pleads for them to stop‚ their evil. 77% of the volunteers completed the test. In one of the trials the participant didn’t speak
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Evil is here amongst us on earth. Why is it here? Who put evil here and what was it’s purpose here on earth? If God is omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ and a wholly good being then is he really the master architect behind the creation of this world? But honestly lets touch some fundamentals first. What is evil? What is good? The idea of orthodox theism is that God is portrayed as a person and or being like a person. They also convey God as being the perfect being and that God is the greatest being possible
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One doesn’t need a Ph.D. in theology to look around the world and realize something is desperately wrong. The existence of evil is one of the most vexing challenges a Christian--or any person‚ for that matter-- must grapple with. It’s occupied the minds of great Christian thinkers since the beginning‚ including St. Augustine (354-430). For much of his life he worked hard at a solution. Augustine’s approach was not just brilliant; it was practical. His insight is intellectually credible and emotionally
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In Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy: Book IV‚ the prisoner and Lady Philosophy produce a claim that the providence of God orders all things to the good‚ so that nothing happens for the sake of evil. Providence being the plan or ideas that God‚ a divine identity‚ has set out for us. They are trying to prove that nothing happens just because of fate‚ but God is the reasoning behind circumstances that are seemingly “good” or “bad.” They are also trying to prove that the bad that occurs in our
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Our world is filled with corruption; this proves that there is no God if he cannot help us by preventing evil. The argument of evil basically states that God and evil cannot coincide. There are two types of evil; moral‚ which is carried out by humans through immoral actions that cause pain and suffering such as murder‚ rape and so forth. Natural evil is the second type which occurs through inevitable phenomenon’s such as natural disasters; hurricanes‚ tsunamis and diseases are a few (Sober‚ 120)
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There is an observable connection between the poem “Design” by Robert Frost and the philosophical argument proposed by Gottfried Leibniz in God‚ Evil‚ and the Best of All Possible Worlds revolving around the conception and intentions of God. There is also a slim connection with William Paley’s‚ Natural Theology. The poem draws from both pieces in attempting to justify how God plays a role in the creation of nature and the realm around humanity. The poem is structured to allow both arguments to flow
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While we are not aware of the details of this woman’s life‚ would this child have fared better if she had a mother like Tracy‚ Jamie‚ or Angela? If God is all knowing and he is good‚ why would he allow this child to suffer these traumatic moments? Could the sorrow of these women and the trauma of this child have been circumvented with God’s intervention? These and other questions lead us to arrive at our examination of the logical problem of evil. Evil can be defined as a thing that is “characterized
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I would like to explain one essential prospective on the problem of evil. The Problem of Evil is both a philosophical and spiritual threat. It implies that the creator of the world is imperfect and unsound. What is the Problem of Evil? Evil is problematic because there is evil in the world. The problem is there is not equilibrium between good and evil in the world. Simply‚ how can there be a God that is all good and all-knowing and all powerful at the same time that evil exists? How can there be
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