Throughout the course history‚ the term “evil” was utilized to describe everything: all manner of ills‚ natural impulse‚ and wrongdoings. However‚ today it is mainly employed to accentuate a criminal act; trading on the word’s aura of religious finality. The definition of “evil” has definitely become progressively unsettled even as it has narrowed‚ yet the term has justified itself to be an unshakeable one in our moral lexicon. In Susan Neiman’s novel‚ “Evil in Modern Thought” she traces philosophy’s
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evil and suffering does exist‚ prompting the statements: 1) God created all things; 2) evil is a thing; 3) therefore‚ God created evil. If the first two premises are true‚ the conclusion is inescapable. There theodicies that try to offer an explanation for the problem of evil such as the theodicy of St. Augustine and Irenaeus. There are two versions of the problem of evil - Logical evil Evidential. Logical is attributed to Epicurus‚ he says that if it does not logically flow and that it has the conclusion
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Cited: Augustine‚ Keith. "Evidential Arguments from Evil." The Secular Web. 2007. November 21‚ 2012. Hubpages. "A solution to the problem of evil: Augustine ’s theodicy. “ May 2‚ 2012. November 21‚ 2012. Stavies-Stofka‚ Beth. "Suffering and the Problem of Evil." Patheos Library. November 21‚ 2012. Lecture Notes-Professor VanPatten WikiPedia. "Problem of Evil." July 2012. November 21‚ 2012.
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INTRODUCTION Australian Philosopher and atheist‚ H.J. McCloskey published an article titled “On Being an Atheist” in 1968. In this article he offers arguments and what he refers to as “proofs” that a theists’ beliefs in an omnipotent‚ omniscient God should be disregarded. McCloskey bases his article on the Cosmological argument‚ the Teleological argument‚ on the problem of evil and ends his writing discussing why he claims that being an atheist offers more comfort than a theist has from a belief
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One burning and enduring problem in philosophy to which we have given considerable examination is the question of the existence of God--the superlative being that philosophers have defined and dealt with for centuries. After reading the classic arguments of St. Anselm and St. Thomas Aquinas‚ the contentious assertions of Ernest Nagel‚ and the compelling eyewitness accounts of Julian of Norwich‚ I have been introduced to some of the most revered and referenced arguments for and against God’s existence
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WOH1012_004 William R. Jones‚ author of the book Is God A White Racist?‚ was born in Louisville‚ Kentucky. Jones is currently a professor of religion and director of black studies at Florida State University. Licensed as a Baptist Preacher‚ he brings forward strong religious backgrounds that allow him to intimately analyze the question of his book. Jones
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Organized religion is a duality between the religion and the church which represents it. Sometimes the representation of the religion is marred and flawed to those who view it because of the bureaucracy contained within. Unknown to those who gaze upon the dissolved morals and values of what is perceived to be the contradiction known as modern religion‚ it was never intended to be this way. Most religions started off as a sect‚ a minor detail on the fringes of the society it never wanted to represent
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THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND FREE WILL DEFENCE God - Good ‚ Omnipresent ‚ Omniscient The longer I live on this Earth‚ the more I have realised that something is seriously wrong with this definition of God. War ‚disease ‚ death ‚ destruction ‚ hunger ‚ filth ‚ torture ‚ crime ‚ corruption and poverty are prevalent on this planet. Something is not correct and this cannot be the good work and if is this the best God can do‚ then I am not impressed by this God. The presence of evil on this planet is
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many biblical texts such as Psalm 147; 4-5‚ Matthew 19:26‚ Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5‚ Psalm 90:1-2 and John 3:16; we have interpreted that God is omnipotent‚ omniscient‚ omnipresent‚ benevolent and eternal. Many philosophers have tried to create theodicies to prove the existence of God. Whilst some philosophers have concluded that God does not exist but many other philosophers have argued that God is real. Historical events such as the Holocaust have caused bigger debates between the both sides. This
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From Judaism to Defiance Although Elie is portrayed as a young devout Jew in the first chapter‚ he soon beings to question God’s authority‚ as he struggles with theodicy. After Elie’s family diverges‚ he begins to demonstrate his first signs of disbelief in God’s authority‚ especially as some of his Jewish acquaintances recite the Kaddish. While facing the crematorium pit‚ he articulates‚ “For the first time I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name? The Eternal‚ Lord of the Universe
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