Who or what really defines evil? Is evil a malfunction of indwelling nature or natural occurrences? Certain circumstances such as catastrophes, plagues, wars, famine even poverty has haunted each and every individual from around the world in different seasons and for many reasons. That is not to say God does not exist, nor does that mean evil does not exist. On the contrary as a firm believer, I believe God allows things to happen not to break us or dismay us. But, rather to open our eyes and see proof that there is good even in evil. If we could so easily attempt to see that through our transgressions, God can still reveal the good in our bad as well as our ugly.
The problem of evil consist of quite a few entities that in most cases involves …show more content…
In this case, moral evil is interrelated with certain crimes i.e. social injustices, catastrophes, while natural evil are the results of moral evil “the just happen method”. However, moral evil is not consider the blame for natural evil i.e. tornadoes, earthquakes, and humane struggle because in most cases some things just tend to happen. For example, Adam had a choice but he willfully chose to disobey God, and the “curse” was brought on mankind including earth itself. We were created in His image, yet man made a mockery of His greatest …show more content…
2) Creating a world is a fitting thing for God to do but not the only fitting thing for him to do. Whatever he chooses to do is done on the basis of reason,but such reasons are not necessary universal law. 3) There is an infinite number of possible worlds. Some are inherently evil, so God could not create them. However, there is more than one good possible world that God could have created. There no such thing as a best possible world. 4) God was free to create if he chose to create (Elwell, 2001).
In order for a theodicy, to have any kind of merit, it must be internally consistent. For proof it must be in agreement that God is deemed “good”, while refraining to remove any trace of evil from this world (Elwell, 2001 1185). Fortunately, God so graciously gave humanity the willpower to choose who we would want to serve (Joshua 24:15). As an act of love, God orchestrated His redemption plan to sacrifice His Son Jesus for our sins, to buy back the covenant that was once broken with man before. As a result, the option still exists, but now we can bask in eternity with God
The problem of evil consist of quite a few entities that in most cases involves …show more content…
In this case, moral evil is interrelated with certain crimes i.e. social injustices, catastrophes, while natural evil are the results of moral evil “the just happen method”. However, moral evil is not consider the blame for natural evil i.e. tornadoes, earthquakes, and humane struggle because in most cases some things just tend to happen. For example, Adam had a choice but he willfully chose to disobey God, and the “curse” was brought on mankind including earth itself. We were created in His image, yet man made a mockery of His greatest …show more content…
2) Creating a world is a fitting thing for God to do but not the only fitting thing for him to do. Whatever he chooses to do is done on the basis of reason,but such reasons are not necessary universal law. 3) There is an infinite number of possible worlds. Some are inherently evil, so God could not create them. However, there is more than one good possible world that God could have created. There no such thing as a best possible world. 4) God was free to create if he chose to create (Elwell, 2001).
In order for a theodicy, to have any kind of merit, it must be internally consistent. For proof it must be in agreement that God is deemed “good”, while refraining to remove any trace of evil from this world (Elwell, 2001 1185). Fortunately, God so graciously gave humanity the willpower to choose who we would want to serve (Joshua 24:15). As an act of love, God orchestrated His redemption plan to sacrifice His Son Jesus for our sins, to buy back the covenant that was once broken with man before. As a result, the option still exists, but now we can bask in eternity with God