Reuter's View Of Evil

Evil is found all over the world. No matter where one looks, it is always there. Throughout history, evil has played a major impact on people’s lives. Whether it has been a major event, such as genocide, or a minor event, such as a street murder, evil is always prevalent. Evil directly influences and causes suffering so therefore they run hand in hand. Many people question God for him allowing evil to be real. Why would he allow evil to be known if he knows how bad things can get. Depending on how one views the concept of “God,” they can explain evil and suffering. God, in some views, can be defined as all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving (Reuter, 8/29). With that explanation, there should be no evil because he is all-powerful and …show more content…
God has given us the ability to make our own choices. This is the ability of free will. We have the power to make our own choices and follow the path that we chose. I don’t view God as all-controlling. We have this choice between good and evil because of our knowing of moral evils. Most of our suffering comes from this moral evil because it always has a direct impact on us and others. Also in Reuter’s lecture, he defines “Free Will Defense.” He states, “When God, in the beginning, created humans, he made them subject to their own free choice... no person does [God] command to sin (Sirach 15: 14,20).” This brings up the question of “why would God give humans free will?” I believe we have free will because it allows us to do some pretty great things, such as love. Granted, bad situations do arise through free will but I believe it balances out due to all the good we as the human species have done. Sometimes, you have to hit the lowest of the low to force you to step back and think how far up you can truly go. A major low point in our history would be the Holocaust. This was a very rough time in our history where a man stood up and spread his influences of evil throughout the world. This man was Adolf Hitler. Some consider him the true definition of evil. Hitler abused his free will by using his leadership and speech skills to manipulate large masses of people to do as he pleased, basically as puppets. The issue is that God can not interfere because to allow you to be free, he can not force your choice. He could not physically stop Hitler. We have answered back to this low with more equality and understanding of each other as humans, not as separate