Evil

One of the strongest point that the atheism has ever made is the problem evil, which draws the most diverse responses from Christians. A lot of people who believe in God will always question whether all-good and all-powerful God really exists after they have suffered some of the most serious difficulties in life; for example, the departure of their beloved family members, being diagnosed cancer and only have few months left to live, or being broke and lost all the possession. Because if God…

rise of evil in religion has been documented in many ways and forms throughout the years. in recent years’ different religious groups claimed terrorist attacks. Tensions have been building for quite some time, and we have arrived at a crossroad. We can either choose peace or war. In this day and age, it is more important to understand religion than in the years past, because if we do not we will undermine religion entirely and cause further divide between cultures. In When Religion Becomes Evil…

 William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is best known for his tragedies. 1601-1608 is the third period that belong to Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies and somber or bitter comedies. This is the peak period characterized by the highest development of his thought and expression. He is more concerned with the darker side of the human experience and its destructive passions. This period produces many great tragedies like Hamlet, Othello, All’s well that Ends well, and the most famous is Macbeth.…

Indwelling Evil: The Manifestation of Evil in Early American Writers Sometimes evil is loud and obvious. Sometimes it is quiet and cunning. Throughout the various time periods and styles of American writing, the one idea that is a common theme is the overwhelming echo of evil. May it be a spiritual being or just someone who disagrees with the cultural standards; authors throughout time focused on it’s manifestation. Through analysis of Johnathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”,…

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…

views of morality have lead to a chaotic world; that other religions would call evil. However in Taoism, evil alone does not exist. That since everything is essentially a manifestation of the Tao which is both the Yin and the Yang, nothing is truly considered evil. Yin is deemed as a negative aspect but it can never come into existence by itself, the Yang is always going to be present. For something to be considered "evil" is simply just a deficiency in the balance of the two polar forces of…

The Problem of Evil from a non-Christian perspective How does Islam address the Problem of Evil differently? With hundreds of people dying everyday, and with the increasingly violent world we live in, many people wonder why God lets this happen. Why does God let people be killed under his name, if he is the all-powerful, good and wise god that theists claim him to be. The ancient problem of Evil that Hume reintroduces in his book Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion goes like this: Is God…

Regardless of how much we may love our community, there is always something that we would like to see changed. In the film Pleasantville (1998), we are taught that evil is something that we will all have to encounter in our lives. (See trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSDm62Hmbf4.) When teenage twins David and Jennifer become trapped in a 1950’s black-and-white television show called “Pleasantville,” the town begins to progressively change given their 1990’s mindset. Buildings,…

to be inhuman, but when David Strorm meets her he finds out that she is truly a lovely, genuine person. Also, in the novel is Joseph Strorm, who seems to meet “the true image of god” and is not evil, but his physical appearance is deceiving and his inner qualities prove that he is a cruel, ruthless, evil individual. Judging people based on their appearance is inaccurate and inner qualities are more important. Sophie Wender…

The world evil can relay many connotative meanings. It could be seen in a light on what is morally bad or wrong, what could cause ruin, pain, or it may be an evil force, power, or personification. The word and meaning of evil is so subjective that to grasp a meaning of what evil is may be only understood through experience. Evil is readily perceived through different elements such as certain religions, races, ages, sexes, and mental complication, but the underlying factor of evil is always…