Christianity could not bring an answer to this problem, but it was the Manichaeism who comfort Augustine with their solution to this issue. Augustine states that it is the body that is evil and the soul is good and I can relate to this to some extent. I believe that a high being created the soul out of pure goodness, but the body has it’s own self-will that creates evil. I relate this to being like what a firearm instructor does because a firearm instructor teaches someone how to use a weapon, but it is up to that individual for what they are going to use that weapon for. They can either use it for good, like self-protection or they can use it for evil, like committing a robbery. Similarly, the evil in the world can be seen as a side effect of good and that evil is created to keep the world
Christianity could not bring an answer to this problem, but it was the Manichaeism who comfort Augustine with their solution to this issue. Augustine states that it is the body that is evil and the soul is good and I can relate to this to some extent. I believe that a high being created the soul out of pure goodness, but the body has it’s own self-will that creates evil. I relate this to being like what a firearm instructor does because a firearm instructor teaches someone how to use a weapon, but it is up to that individual for what they are going to use that weapon for. They can either use it for good, like self-protection or they can use it for evil, like committing a robbery. Similarly, the evil in the world can be seen as a side effect of good and that evil is created to keep the world