For years theodicy has perplexed believers and non-believer of Christ, theodicy is the issue(s) of evil in the world, and this issue is raised against the graceful authority of God. How could a divine Lord who is the regulator of all that is, and will ever be, allow evil to occur? There are many parables in the narrative that address this very problem (Prov 3:11-12, Job 19:26, Dan 12:2).Although the bible address this issue, it does not directly give a solution to the aforementioned. It seems that only St. Augustine himself comprehended the problem of transcendent evil in relation to God, and approached an answer for the oxymoron that is theodicy.
St. Augustine, who had suffered tremendous trials and tribulations, and grappled with the question of why does wicked occupy our world? Approached theodicy with an interpretation of Genesis which; within it has the origin of moral evil which occurred at the fall of Adam and Eve. The cornerstone of this ideal is the freewill defense against the problem of evil. The freewill defense is an ideal that states because god has made us in his likeness, we have freewill to choose between evil and good. Augustine’s theodicy can be summed up by saying that humans were created with freewill, however Adam and …show more content…
The Neoplatonic view encompasses all the major notions of Christianity, with the significant exclusion that it did not acknowledge Christ, but instead a “source” which is an omnipotent power in and of itself the “source” operates as Yahweh would. Neoplatonist also holds the belief that evil is the absence of good, and vice versa. This is a common consensus held by many including myself, the idea that God created evil so that we may in turn enjoy good coincides with his persona throughout the
St. Augustine, who had suffered tremendous trials and tribulations, and grappled with the question of why does wicked occupy our world? Approached theodicy with an interpretation of Genesis which; within it has the origin of moral evil which occurred at the fall of Adam and Eve. The cornerstone of this ideal is the freewill defense against the problem of evil. The freewill defense is an ideal that states because god has made us in his likeness, we have freewill to choose between evil and good. Augustine’s theodicy can be summed up by saying that humans were created with freewill, however Adam and …show more content…
The Neoplatonic view encompasses all the major notions of Christianity, with the significant exclusion that it did not acknowledge Christ, but instead a “source” which is an omnipotent power in and of itself the “source” operates as Yahweh would. Neoplatonist also holds the belief that evil is the absence of good, and vice versa. This is a common consensus held by many including myself, the idea that God created evil so that we may in turn enjoy good coincides with his persona throughout the