Problem of Evil
From time beyond memory, some parts of the world have not known peace to where almost every generation has witnessed or experienced death and near-death experiences resulting from nations rising against nations and tribes against tribes. Today, with increasing sophisticated weaponry of mass destruction as well as technological sideshows and competition among powerful nations, the situation has even escalated to alarming rates. There are massive innocent deaths and recurrent humanitarian crises owing to the endless fights, a matter that leaves many to ask where God is. Why does the all-powerful One allow them to suffer despite the faith, hope and trust they have in Him? Given such perspective, I seek to offer a response in reference …show more content…
Ideally, the essence of this theodicy argument is that God did not create evil, neither did God planned for evil. In essence, evil is rather the void of the ‘perfect’ good. When the perfect good is not permitted or attained, the extent of its resulting limit will amount to evil. Accordingly, a perfect good cannot deprive itself of the same essence of the ‘good’. This could otherwise be contradiction as one thing cannot ‘be’ and ‘not be’ and the same time. I find this argument by St Augustine as justifiable. There are constant conflicts because there is a lack of pursuit for ‘good’ across different groups. People have the knowledge of good, but due to their imperfect nature, fail to reach the perfect good. There is no middle ground to good and evil. As such, it only follows that when there is no peace (which is good); there is definitely a conflict (which is …show more content…
It presents a position that suffering as a result of evil is necessary for man to grow strong both spiritually and mentally (Scott 315). Wars and terrorist activities are, in this perspective, necessary for people to develop a sense of advanced prospects for peace, understanding, and harmony. Essentially, the situations that have resulted in wars, terrorisms and other forms of conflicts have enabled different groups to reaffirm the need for embracing each other, pursuing peace and love, and accommodating one another. In particular, the victims of war have always remained committed to seek peace because of the depth of turmoil they underwent. Nations have entered into peace treaties and most tribes have been able to reconcile. This argument has a strong sense as to why God permits evil because it demonstrates the essence of evil in reawakening men to pursue good and avoiding focusing on evil.
Evil has remained persistent in the world, but apparently, not for its own sake. While people continue to witness cases of wars and terrorisms in the world, there are equally spirited efforts across different nations to pursue peace. The history of wars and conflicts trace back to thousands of centuries even as this situation seems to escalate. As demonstrated in this paper, the theodicy arguments of Evil as a Privation of good, Free Will Defense and Evil as therapy provide justifiable grounds as to why God
From time beyond memory, some parts of the world have not known peace to where almost every generation has witnessed or experienced death and near-death experiences resulting from nations rising against nations and tribes against tribes. Today, with increasing sophisticated weaponry of mass destruction as well as technological sideshows and competition among powerful nations, the situation has even escalated to alarming rates. There are massive innocent deaths and recurrent humanitarian crises owing to the endless fights, a matter that leaves many to ask where God is. Why does the all-powerful One allow them to suffer despite the faith, hope and trust they have in Him? Given such perspective, I seek to offer a response in reference …show more content…
Ideally, the essence of this theodicy argument is that God did not create evil, neither did God planned for evil. In essence, evil is rather the void of the ‘perfect’ good. When the perfect good is not permitted or attained, the extent of its resulting limit will amount to evil. Accordingly, a perfect good cannot deprive itself of the same essence of the ‘good’. This could otherwise be contradiction as one thing cannot ‘be’ and ‘not be’ and the same time. I find this argument by St Augustine as justifiable. There are constant conflicts because there is a lack of pursuit for ‘good’ across different groups. People have the knowledge of good, but due to their imperfect nature, fail to reach the perfect good. There is no middle ground to good and evil. As such, it only follows that when there is no peace (which is good); there is definitely a conflict (which is …show more content…
It presents a position that suffering as a result of evil is necessary for man to grow strong both spiritually and mentally (Scott 315). Wars and terrorist activities are, in this perspective, necessary for people to develop a sense of advanced prospects for peace, understanding, and harmony. Essentially, the situations that have resulted in wars, terrorisms and other forms of conflicts have enabled different groups to reaffirm the need for embracing each other, pursuing peace and love, and accommodating one another. In particular, the victims of war have always remained committed to seek peace because of the depth of turmoil they underwent. Nations have entered into peace treaties and most tribes have been able to reconcile. This argument has a strong sense as to why God permits evil because it demonstrates the essence of evil in reawakening men to pursue good and avoiding focusing on evil.
Evil has remained persistent in the world, but apparently, not for its own sake. While people continue to witness cases of wars and terrorisms in the world, there are equally spirited efforts across different nations to pursue peace. The history of wars and conflicts trace back to thousands of centuries even as this situation seems to escalate. As demonstrated in this paper, the theodicy arguments of Evil as a Privation of good, Free Will Defense and Evil as therapy provide justifiable grounds as to why God