It is not difficult to see evil in today’s society. If you turn on the news, or browse on a social media site you are likely to see some type of tragedy or hardship. Perhaps a local officer was shot during a routine traffic stop. A small child was hit by a car on the way to school. Officers are looked upon as “the good guys” in most situations. Children are thought to be pure and innocent. If this is true, then why does God allow for bad things to happen to good people? The reverse can also be asked; why do good things happen to bad people? I am going to attempt to answer these questions by arguing that good and evil are meant to coexist. In fact, one cannot truly exist without the other.
Let’s think about the example of a child getting hit by a car. This child was on her way to school and following the instructions that her parents had given her. Unfortunately, a car passing by was not paying attention and hit the girl as she was crossing the street. The driver did not intend to hit the girl. Regardless of the intent of the driver the unfortunate incident still occurred. The girl’s parents wondered why such a horrible event would happen to their family. They are a church going family and abide by their religious beliefs. “…God is not responsible for evil, presume to know God’s purposes and actions” (Culp, 2015). The …show more content…
We only know it as it lives off good. It is parasitic” (Bennett, 1938). The parasitic nature of evil is based on the notion that for evil to take place, good must take place first. Evil feeds on the energy of good to nourish itself into existence. “It must also be recognized that evil is the stimulus without which among men as they are there would be little religious faith at all” (Bennett, 1938). If evil is thought of as a parasite as well as a stimulus for good, then their relationship can be described as mutually beneficial. Evil is the stimulus that drives men to live in the light of
Let’s think about the example of a child getting hit by a car. This child was on her way to school and following the instructions that her parents had given her. Unfortunately, a car passing by was not paying attention and hit the girl as she was crossing the street. The driver did not intend to hit the girl. Regardless of the intent of the driver the unfortunate incident still occurred. The girl’s parents wondered why such a horrible event would happen to their family. They are a church going family and abide by their religious beliefs. “…God is not responsible for evil, presume to know God’s purposes and actions” (Culp, 2015). The …show more content…
We only know it as it lives off good. It is parasitic” (Bennett, 1938). The parasitic nature of evil is based on the notion that for evil to take place, good must take place first. Evil feeds on the energy of good to nourish itself into existence. “It must also be recognized that evil is the stimulus without which among men as they are there would be little religious faith at all” (Bennett, 1938). If evil is thought of as a parasite as well as a stimulus for good, then their relationship can be described as mutually beneficial. Evil is the stimulus that drives men to live in the light of