Mystery of Evil And Uniqueness of God For a theologian or an ordinary person concerned with the problem of theodicy‚ human suffering appears to be inconsistent with the notion of a God who is all-powerful and good. It is rationally inconceivable to claim belief in such a God when people are faced with senseless suffering in their day-today-life. How do we respond to the events of suffering that challenge our relationship with God and call into question our whole identity as human beings?
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Are Humans Born Good or Are Humans Born Evil? Humans have been on Earth for about 100‚000 to 200‚000 years. We are part of the hominidae family. In other words‚ we are “modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man.” We have brains and with them we are able to consider thoughts. With abstract brainwork‚ it allows us to categorize ourselves under “perceptive”. Everybody has a different understanding or idea about something. Most of the time‚ humankind will anticipate the worse instead of
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Evil exists today in the world we live. People will always try to bring good in this world‚ but evil seems to be in people’s everyday life or in their surroundings. Good and evil are constantly happening to someone or someone is doing good or evil. A lot of philosophers argued that God does not exist because evil exist‚ and that if there is God then he would have gotten rid of evil. Although other philosophers argue that yes God exist‚ but so does evil because it is necessary to keep a balance in
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shattered and he fell to the ground‚ disabled for life. The horse began to run but it fell into a hole and broke its leg. Reflecting on all that had happened‚ I thought: ‘Evil begets evil. If I continue in my evil ways‚ I will surely be overtaken by evil’. So I decided to change”‚ stated by moralstudies.org. So what does this say about human nature? The king was willing to change to better his kingdom and what people thought of him. Power‚ when placed in the hands of the selfish‚ is a destructive force
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there so much evil in the world? These are all questions related to the topic of evil. The problem of evil is the main objection to the existence of God. A common assumption is if God is all perfect‚ all knowing‚ and all-powerful we should not live in an imperfect world that is consumed by evil. In this paper‚ I will reflect on the problem of evil‚ how others respond to the problem‚ and explaining my understanding of evil. I believe that evil stems from free will. The concept of evil can be divided
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Identify key ideas associated with the problem of evil The key Ideas associated with the problem of evil creates an evidential problem for Christians who want to retain God’s attributes of omnipotence‚ omniscience and benevolence and that God created the world out of nothing. However due to the ‘Inconsistent Triad’ meaning that the three (omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent and omniscient) are logically unreliable. If God is omnipotent‚ he is aware of the existing evil and suffering and knows how to put a stop to
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into their personalities? Have you ever thought of the idea that everyone in this world is evil? In the novel we have been reading‚ the author Paulo Coelho states “given the rights circumstances‚ every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.” Could Coelho be true or is it just a lame theory? Too many questions revolve around our minds when we read this statement. If everyone is evil‚ our days would be miserable‚ our lives would be hopeless. When a person is determined to
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accepted that humanity is born evil - despite its efforts to achieve high moral standards. A child’s innocence becomes tainted by the sin of the world. God’s purest creations are stained by the sin and evil of human nature‚ yet salvation is promised to those who embrace and delight in it. Fyodor Dostoevsky alludes to the idea of the embracing of faith in the midst of the persistence of evil. In his book‚ “The Idiot”‚ Dostoevsky destroys innocence and reveals the stain past evils leave behind to depict the
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Explain the problem of evil and Augustine’s Theodicy. What is evil? John Hick defined evil as “physical pain‚ mental suffering and moral wickedness”. The monotheistic God of Christianity supposedly possesses divine qualities of omnipotence‚ omniscience and Omni benevolence. Omnipotence means the almighty and all knowing‚ omniscience means having infinite knowledge and Omni benevolent means all loving. If God is all of these things then why is there evil? The problem of evil brings up some big issues
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Evil and Good The obvious thing to say about evil is that it is the opposite of good. Some people may argue that there is a lot good in the world. Everyone does have evil in them and are very well capable of doing bad things. Although not everyone expresses their anger at the same level of intensity‚ everyone has most likely done more bad in their life then acts of good kindness. Shakespeare wrote‚ “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones‚” act three‚ scene
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