Problem of evil

concept of evil from a religious perspective is addressed in religions and attributed to both an external force or internal depending on your religious beliefs. In some cases, whether one is using the broad or narrow concept of evil determines the source of the evil. Looking at a narrow concept of evil brings the most heinous crimes against humanity to the forefront and provides a stage in which to discover if evil is a problem for religion, how to respond, and look at the modern view of evil.…

The word evil is often associated with the profound immorality of being malevolent and vile. Society has adopted their own version of protection against evil by creating laws and regulations for their citizens to live in, with the goal of a perfect community. Philosophically, evil falls under the idea of a necessary step in the march of history and the moral categorization of the natural world. The general morale of what we decided is evil can be traced back to the Bible, whose standard of…

When discussing evil and the existent of God the question “Is God a participant in this chaos?” comes up quite often. Theologians have different opinions about the answer to this question, but John Calvin has a stance on this idea of evil and God. John Calvin has clearly laid out his stance of perfect world theodicy in his writing of sdfjds,fh. Perfect world theodicy would agree that God is apart off all things in the world. His involvement would include the Creation, the Fall, everyday life,…

cause of evil, as “one who does not love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:8). Humans are the cause of all evil. Bishop Barron states, since God is straight, pure love, “God cannot directly will something wicked. The second thing is that God is described as being itself therefore God cannot ground or cause the non-being which is evil” (Fr. Robert Barron on God, Tsunamis, and the Problem of Evil). Evil exists in our world today because of a misuse of the free will. What is evil?…

Arguments From Evil: Elliot Sober I. Introduction The reality of evil existing in our world has been questioned throughout time based on the argument that an all powerful, all knowing, and all good (all-PKG) God cannot coexist with evil. The problem of evil only appears when there is a PKG God because if God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good then how could there still be evil. Therefore, if one of those properties we removed then there would no longer be a problem because then God…

In a village of sinister children, ruled by a young but extraordinarily evil preacher named Isaac, who guides his followers into worshiping a powerful demonic entity, the implications of various symbols and images advance and develop the story of Children of the Corn. As Isaac leads his group of children, teenagers and young adults, the symbols used in order to depict his majesty and overall cruelty depict a very evil sense of imagery within the novel. By understanding the roles of Isaac and…

John Swinton’s, “Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil”, is the most informative book I have read regarding practical theodicy. Swinton’s pastoral theodicy does not try to explain or deny evil or suffering, but enables the Christian community to live faithfully despite the presence of evil. He explains that lament; forgiveness, thoughtfulness and hospitality are the four-core practices that form the bases of practical theodicy. As I reflect on the four-core…

Frances in his book Gratuitous Suffering and the Problem of Evil, “Our world contains enormous amounts of suffering. Virtually all the higher animals, humans included, experience fear, terror, agony, sorrow, misery, anguish and torment.”1 Because of this, questions were raised about the existence of God and His reasons for allowing such horrible experiences to take place in the lives of those whom He created. With this, Christians…

of evil. He brings arguments, and ideas that disagrees with the notion of even believing that evil exists. What he begins with is the problem with believing evil exists is; say evil exists through the many happenings you have witnessed or even only heard about, so how can it not be real right? Inwagen inserts the idea that God, almighty and creator of all, does not exist if large amounts of evil exist through is research from other readings about evil. The mere idea of god existing while evil…

Since the very dawn of time, the problem of evil has had a tremendous impact in our society. Until this day, the problem of evil has been one of the most conceivable objections to the existence of God. According to the problem of evil, the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent God would be logically incompatible with the existence of evil. However, as proven by theodicies such as that of free will, God is not the creator of evil. God gifted humans with the ability to choose…