Beyond Good and Evil

different concepts of who he is, and what he is like. When it comes to his views on right or wrong, beliefs basically can fall into one of two camps. (Lewis, 1952) explores these two views. One view is what is called “pantheism” a view that God “is beyond good and evil”, and its focus is that right or wrong behavior is not determined by what injustice is done to human beings, but what may be done to any created thing, or organism. The focus is not on the human heart, but on nature as a whole. An…

Theodicy is a term which describes the problem with evil in the world and begs the question, if an all-knowing, all-powerful God exists, why does he allow evil to persist among his followers? This paper will seek to examine the relationship between good and evil and attempt to provide some explanation as to how evil continues to exist in a world in which God is a part of so many peoples’ lives. An argument will be made that evil thrives in modern society not because of any action that God fails…

Secular Humanism exists mainly because of evil. When something terrible happens, people lose faith. If a God is so powerful and loving, why does he allow evil? As the Greek philosopher Epicurus wrote: “If the Gods have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not all-powerful. If they are neither willing nor able, they are neither all-powerful nor benevolent. If they are able and willing to annihilate evil, why does it exist?” (A Humanist Discussion of Evil and Suffering…

theists give for why an all good, all powerful god approves or neglects to prevent the burning of an innocent baby. I believe his weakest “excuse” is when he claims that a baby going to heaven is only justified if it was necessary for the baby to suffer. If it was not, then it was wrong to allow it. I believe this is Johnsons weakest point because I feel as there is never a necessary reason for a baby’s death. Throughout Johnson’s passage, BC Johnson, God and the Problem of Evil, he contends…

found in freedom rightly ordered by a good conscience that is grounded in moral Truth. Hardly anyone would deny that “freedom is good.” In Veritatis Splendor, Saint John Paul II even stated, “Certainly people today have a particularly strong sense of freedom.” Despite freedom’s elevated connotation, people differ in their understandings of freedom and, unfortunately, people often live according to an understanding of freedom which is not good. Inherently good freedom, or as the Pope terms this…

It answers to the problem of evil, which is the problem of whether or not such a God could logically coexist with evil. This argument both positively states that evil exists in the world, and normatively states that if God existed there would be no evil, therefore God does not exist. As mentioned previously, it deals with the concept of a “three-O” God; which is to say a God who is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent. Omnipotence means here that God has the ability to do anything that is…

example, a religion that is dualistic admits not only that the universe contains good and evil or light and darkness, but that these forces are at constant war and only at the end will good finally conquer evil. Christianity,…

Therefore, nature is probably the work of a designer” (Evans, 2009). God cannot be explained or defined, and He cannot be put into a neat little box of answers to all of man’s questions. Attempting to explain God’s nature and all that encompasses Him, His intelligence, character, and supernatural powers, would be futile and unfeasible. It would be impossible to explain everything that encompasses God, and attempting to do so would probably take an eternity. Acknowledging that human beings are…

blame God often comes into play. In the readings of The Book of Job, Night, and A Grief Observed, and the Biblical Responses to Evil Handout, we encounter different ways to view God in both desired and undesirable circumstances and how God interacts with our sufferings. In order for one to know where God is when they are going through hardships, they must have a good understanding of what it means to believe in God and his justice. I…

have never seen war. After going to war it changes a these people by taking away a piece of that goodness within and replaces it with a dehumanized addiction to war that drives many to the brink of insanity. Rat Kilely was good person and a great medic and was pushed to do evil when he lost his best friend right in front of him. His best friend was named Curt…