Monday, July 13, 2009

The Problem of Evil

  1. God exists
  2. God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good
  3. A perfectly good being would want to prevent all evils.
  4. An omniscient being knows every way in which evils can come into existence.
  5. An omnipotent being who knows every way in which an evil can come into existence has the power to prevent that evil from coming into existence.
  6. A being who knows every way in which an evil can come into existence, who is able to prevent that evil from coming into existence, and who wants to do so, would prevent the existence of that evil.
  7. If there exists an omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good being, then no evil exists.
  8. Evil exist
Am I the only one that thinks that it is possible for God to allow evil to make a greater good? Free will used correctly is in fact greater good. God gave us that by choice, and we choose to make it evil. So is whether a God is or isn't relevant to evil? I personally think that the people who bring up "The Problem of Evil" to be used to contradict Christianity are "Evil" in themselves for trying to swing a believers opinion elsewhere. It is possible that they haven't heard the story of Adam and Eve & the tree. (If you don't know that story look in Genesis). Humans in fact brought Evil into the world through free will. The free will to eat the forbidden fruit. God gave us free will, which is a beautiful thing in my eyes, but can be a terrible thing in another's eyes. So this makes me believe that God has not much to do with evil. Would you rather not have free will and have no evil? God is just in his punishments, if Man deceided to bring evil into the world, they shall suffer the consequences. Anyways, this little blurb is brief because I gotta go wash my dog. Later - - Trist

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