Critical Thesis Paper
People are often being blamed or harmed by other human beings from something they are not responsible for. Children are innocent and ignorant of their actions, but suffer from the punishments or tortures from family or other human beings. Since God is powerful and great, why does he allow this to happen to his creations. Both “Rebellion,” by F. Fostoevsky and “Why God Allow Evil,” by Richard Swinburne focus on the existence of evil which is allowed by God. In “Rebellion,” Ivan raises a question of why God allows evil to harm and suffer human beings especially young children. He gives various examples of how children were punished or tortured as a consequence of their innocent wrong doing. On the other hand, “Why God Allow …show more content…
Natural evil is not deliberately caused or permitted by human beings and not by the result of their negligence. This includes disease, natural disasters, and unpredictable accidents. For example, if you have a disease, you can choose to either spread it or prevent from others. This is where people make their own decision whether they want to do good or evil. This natural process allows humans to learn about the effect of their sins, without restricted their free will, which is why it is possible for evil to occur. Similarly to moral evil, there is a limit that God allows natural evils to occur. Natural evil also gives the range of choices between good and evil and the opportunity to perform actions kindly towards others. I find this most convincing by the fact that suffering and evil that occur in this world is due to humans’ actions alone since God gives us free will to act on our desire. Besides that, there is a limit of how much suffering God allows to happen, and those actions must be punished from the consequences of sins. It is least plausible by the facts that parents are allowed to suffer their children for their own benefits. Children are young and innocent, and they do not even know what they have committed. Punishments or any cruel actions should not be taken place unless there is a reason for it. Children learn and mimic their parents’ actions and teachings which affect how they act in the
People are often being blamed or harmed by other human beings from something they are not responsible for. Children are innocent and ignorant of their actions, but suffer from the punishments or tortures from family or other human beings. Since God is powerful and great, why does he allow this to happen to his creations. Both “Rebellion,” by F. Fostoevsky and “Why God Allow Evil,” by Richard Swinburne focus on the existence of evil which is allowed by God. In “Rebellion,” Ivan raises a question of why God allows evil to harm and suffer human beings especially young children. He gives various examples of how children were punished or tortured as a consequence of their innocent wrong doing. On the other hand, “Why God Allow …show more content…
Natural evil is not deliberately caused or permitted by human beings and not by the result of their negligence. This includes disease, natural disasters, and unpredictable accidents. For example, if you have a disease, you can choose to either spread it or prevent from others. This is where people make their own decision whether they want to do good or evil. This natural process allows humans to learn about the effect of their sins, without restricted their free will, which is why it is possible for evil to occur. Similarly to moral evil, there is a limit that God allows natural evils to occur. Natural evil also gives the range of choices between good and evil and the opportunity to perform actions kindly towards others. I find this most convincing by the fact that suffering and evil that occur in this world is due to humans’ actions alone since God gives us free will to act on our desire. Besides that, there is a limit of how much suffering God allows to happen, and those actions must be punished from the consequences of sins. It is least plausible by the facts that parents are allowed to suffer their children for their own benefits. Children are young and innocent, and they do not even know what they have committed. Punishments or any cruel actions should not be taken place unless there is a reason for it. Children learn and mimic their parents’ actions and teachings which affect how they act in the