The vast and very much complex topic of evil cannot be accurately explained without its counter partn and arguable its equivalent, Good. This is shown in the expression “There cannot be good without bad. This coincides with the theory that everything that exists must coexist in balance and symmetry.
Within Augustine's Enchiridion he explains how evil is the diminishment or augmentation of good in created things. However much it is diminished, something must remain of its original nature as long as it exist at all. The good which is its “nature cannot be destroyed without the thing itself being destroyed. He says that where there is evil there must be a corresponding domination of the good. Ultimately corruption (evil) cannot consume the good without consuming the evil …show more content…
Night Shyamalan films portrays a contrary concept The problem of how a perfect God would allow so much evil to exist in the universe has always been a thorny one for Christian apologists. Two of the most convincing responses thus far offered are that God permits undeserved misfortune as a test of our faith (to deepen and perfect it), and that all apparent evil helps create a greater good in the long run (Divine Providence). By the end of Signs, the Reverend Graham has returned to his ministry, his faith having been restored by how he comes to accept these responses. Specifically using the theory of Divine Providence we can see connection between the dependence of Good and evil. Also Signs gives us a convincing set of examples of how apparent evil can turn out to serve a greater good in the end, and the way they all come together to ensure the Graham family’s survival makes it virtually impossible for anyone but a committed atheist to attribute their consilience to anything but Divine Providence. Theologians have posed this response to the Problem of Evil in abstract terms; Shyamalan has made the abstract vividly concrete, while never actually stating the philosophical argument in
Within Augustine's Enchiridion he explains how evil is the diminishment or augmentation of good in created things. However much it is diminished, something must remain of its original nature as long as it exist at all. The good which is its “nature cannot be destroyed without the thing itself being destroyed. He says that where there is evil there must be a corresponding domination of the good. Ultimately corruption (evil) cannot consume the good without consuming the evil …show more content…
Night Shyamalan films portrays a contrary concept The problem of how a perfect God would allow so much evil to exist in the universe has always been a thorny one for Christian apologists. Two of the most convincing responses thus far offered are that God permits undeserved misfortune as a test of our faith (to deepen and perfect it), and that all apparent evil helps create a greater good in the long run (Divine Providence). By the end of Signs, the Reverend Graham has returned to his ministry, his faith having been restored by how he comes to accept these responses. Specifically using the theory of Divine Providence we can see connection between the dependence of Good and evil. Also Signs gives us a convincing set of examples of how apparent evil can turn out to serve a greater good in the end, and the way they all come together to ensure the Graham family’s survival makes it virtually impossible for anyone but a committed atheist to attribute their consilience to anything but Divine Providence. Theologians have posed this response to the Problem of Evil in abstract terms; Shyamalan has made the abstract vividly concrete, while never actually stating the philosophical argument in