Evil

Richard Swinburne’s “Why God Allows Evil” tackles the concept of the Evidential Problem of Evil, justifying the existence of evil within the world we live in. He has a plethora of reasons on why God allows evil to exist, and one, in which seems to be pausing for the audience at a glance, is that he believes that the extent of suffering humans are capable is within the limits of the right God has to cause humans to suffer (Swinburne 93-94). In other words, Swinburne states that the suffering in…

The presence of unnecessary evil in the world has sparked controversy about the existence of an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient being. The problem of evil, in its most basic sense, claims that the evil in the world is unnecessary and contradictory to the existence of the Abrahamic God. In this essay I will briefly summarize both the logical problem of evil given by Mackie and the evidential problem of evil provided by Rowe. I will then argue that these arguments cannot be made because…

In the “Roundtable Discussion on the Problem of Evil”, Meghan Sullivan, Trent Dougherty, and Sam Newlands discusses the Problem of Evil for theism, as well as defences theists have come up with against the problem. All three people do not take the side of a theist or an atheist, but instead discuss the problem from a mostly objective view. The Problem of Evil is also discussed by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and William Craig in God? A Debate Between a Christian and an Atheist, where…

Christianity. The consequences of Evil It is written in the Holy Bible, that evil came into existence, because God gave Adam and Eve free will, with instructions not to take from the tree of life. According to Nash, he asserts “God has good reasons for creating a world containing creatures that are significantly free, that is, free with regard to actions that have moral significance.” (Nash, 189). And it is important to note in the book of Genesis 3:1-24, we note the issue of how evil actually…

Good and evil, the two things that sit on your shoulders. Evil is the opposite of good. It is defined as profoundly immoral and malevolent. Many factors go into determining how one may define this word. Isiah 5:20 says, “Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.” Someone may not recognize evil and have been raised through evil acts but it does not make it better. Each reader has to…

There are many debates on problem of evil in the world. David Hume and Richard Swinburne agree there are two categories of evil in the world. The moral evils, which are evils which people commit upon each other, and natural evils, which are evils that derive from natural sources like bad weather conditions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the arguments which Hume presents about the problems of evil in the world, and how this evil is opposed to a divine benevolent God. We will also…

millions of unanswered questions that theories and philosophies have been made from. One question that falls under this category is “what is good, and what is evil.” The foundation of good and evil applies to humans. More specifically, the “good” or “evil” acts that people participate in. It has been theorized since the beginning if people learn evil characteristics or are birthed with them. The question can, and will, never be answered due to the fact that morals are set from person to person.…

Evil exists because we chose it to. We, as free agents can choose between right and wrong. Through this we can justify our actions. What kind of world would we lead if everything was already decided for us and all we would have to do is perform it? God, although knows how we will choose, plays absolutely no role in our process of choosing. When we choose the wrong from right, we are creating evil, but that's our choice. Just like Hick portrayed in his theodicy, when…

Period 07 December 13, 2015 Friedrich Nietzsche’s Theory of Evil and its Relation to British Literature Throughout history there have been many proposed theories on evil. Many of these theories can be applied to evil and evil characters within British Literature. Nietzsche’s theory can be applied to many characters in British Literature such as Grendel, the Dragon from Grendel, Beowulf, and Macbeth. Nietzsche’s theory states that good and evil are concepts that are bad for society since it is…

Beowulf is represented as three types of evil enemies during the story. The three types of evil that are shown in the story are abstract, moral, and most of the time physical evil. Grendel shows the scary image of the physical type of evil. Living "in a hell not hell but earth," he is never actually described, thus becoming the unknown, the thing in the dark all men fear (II. 103-4). Evil shows greed, and for Grendel "no crime could ever be enough" (I. 136). Evil is everywhere, "invisibly…