God’s Power
The Religious Quest
Introduction
According to Merriam-Webster theodicy is “defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil” (“Merriam- Webster”, n.d.). Omnipotence is having great power with no limitations. For He is the only one who has the great power because he is all knowing and all good. There is an existence of evil because of original sin, superiority of God, and absence of good.
Free Will
God lets us choose from good and evil in order for us to have free will. Free will is defined as the power of acting without constraint, because God lets us do this we are able to have our own definitions of good and evil. People have different views of good and evil because of what we have grown up to believe in and what society has taught us over the years. For example, in the time of Christ it was considered normal to stone or crucify somebody for his or her actions that would not be considered normal today. Today, the death penalty would be considered something more merciful than a stoning or a crucifixion. This is something that is also very debatable because some people believe that the death penalty is fair and others don’t. This proves how we have been raised and what we have been taught to believe reflects on our actions …show more content…
We would believe we are more powerful than God and we would believe we would all-powerful. With us having such an incredible amount of power humanity would not be able to handle it because we would live in a world where there was no respect or responsibilities. Most of the time, we live our lives wondering what our purpose is or why God gave us the chance to live and one way or another we figure it out. If we were to have the power we would literally have no purpose, we would just be floating around without the hope that one way we can get to a better
The Religious Quest
Introduction
According to Merriam-Webster theodicy is “defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil” (“Merriam- Webster”, n.d.). Omnipotence is having great power with no limitations. For He is the only one who has the great power because he is all knowing and all good. There is an existence of evil because of original sin, superiority of God, and absence of good.
Free Will
God lets us choose from good and evil in order for us to have free will. Free will is defined as the power of acting without constraint, because God lets us do this we are able to have our own definitions of good and evil. People have different views of good and evil because of what we have grown up to believe in and what society has taught us over the years. For example, in the time of Christ it was considered normal to stone or crucify somebody for his or her actions that would not be considered normal today. Today, the death penalty would be considered something more merciful than a stoning or a crucifixion. This is something that is also very debatable because some people believe that the death penalty is fair and others don’t. This proves how we have been raised and what we have been taught to believe reflects on our actions …show more content…
We would believe we are more powerful than God and we would believe we would all-powerful. With us having such an incredible amount of power humanity would not be able to handle it because we would live in a world where there was no respect or responsibilities. Most of the time, we live our lives wondering what our purpose is or why God gave us the chance to live and one way or another we figure it out. If we were to have the power we would literally have no purpose, we would just be floating around without the hope that one way we can get to a better