"Young couple on honeymoon dies in plane crash.16 year old boy hit and killed by a drunk driver.family dog mauls child president of high school commits suicide". Evil is everywhere. No rational person on earth is oblivious to the effects of evil. One might ask: If there is a God, would he allow such evil to prevail? We believe that more than likely there is a God yet evil still exists. The question is why.
Faith is the foundation upon which a belief in God is built. There is no definite scientific evidence concluding that there is in fact a God. That which is of faith is not demonstrable. However, there is no proof against the One either. Therefore, there is no reason to withhold judgement, as do agnostics, because that, in a sense, is rejecting Him claims James William. Interestingly enough, studies have shown that those who show some interest in spiritual health are happier and they live longer than those who do not. People find solace when they attend church functions or ceremonies. It provides for them peace and comfort and it draws them away from their repetitious day to day activities. Knowing that there is something after this lifetime keeps those who have grievances or are ill from becoming depressed because they believe that God has them "in the palm of his hand". Knowing that there is in fact a possibility of a God, we will assume that there is a God or some other spiritual being. .
By definition, God is believed to be an omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent being. Omniscient means "all-knowing" and omnipotent means "all-powerful". If this is the case, He is able to prevent evil in every shape and form. Mackie says, "There are no limits to what an omnipotent being can do, and a good being always eliminates evil as far as it can". To some it is not fathomable to surmise that a benevolent God could look down upon His people and allow such evil to exist. Why would a God with supreme power not do something about my grandmother and my grandfathers and my uncle dying? There are always unanswered questions and it sometimes seems that we are just helpless human victims.
Adolf Hitler was an evil dictator who did many evil things to many people. ... Hitler had writings in Mein Kampff were very evil. ... Hitler had German teachers teaching these evil philosophies to little children. ... Hitler was a man of many evil associations. First, his racially superior chats are evil. ...
In the Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius tries to find solutions to why evil exists. ... Philosophy simply explains that the good are powerful and the evil are weak. Philosophy says that evil is always punished and good is always rewarded. ... It does seem that evil is winning the battle between good and evil. ... Although I can understand every aspect of Boethius" argument, I also agree with Philosophy. ...
Philosophy I A Brief Summary of Epicurianism Combining the pleasure-seeking teachings of Aristippus and the atom theory of Democritus, Epicurus" philosophy answers the questions of how best to live one's life and approach death. Epicurus" Principle Doctrines emphasize the school of thought that the natural pursuit of please does not make one an intrinsically evil, corrupt person. ... As with most philosophies, the Epicureans have guidelines regarding death and eternity as well as life. According to the Epicurean philosophy, one need not worry about gods or an afterlife. ... For a...
Philosophy is an individual's perception and persuasive argument of what the truth is. ... Philosophy is a person's opinion of how something should be done. ... Let's look at philosophy from a religious perspective. ... What does religion say about philosophy? In Colossian chapter two verse eight, it states, "Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ." ...
These things are what I would argue are in the spirit and purpose of philosophy in general. So where has philosophy led us today? It seems to me that there has actually been devolution to the spirit of philosophy. ... Everything was subject to God and his will and man was widely believed to be evil. Augustine believed that man had the choice to do good or evil, which stemmed from Adam defying God. ...
In Meditation on First Philosophy, Descartes argues many points from his existence to all the false beliefs and ideas he had accepted from childhood. ... The following are the three examples he mentions in Meditations on First Philosophy: 1. ... Lastly he comes to the evil demon example. 3. Evil demon: " I will suppose therefore that not God, who is supremely good and the source of truth, but rather some malicious demon of the utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me." (25) Descartes says that instead of assuming God is the source of our deception, he s...
Necessary Evil Machiavellianism is characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, duplicity, bad faith, and false hope. ... In "The Prince" Machiavelli seeks to overturn the principles of political philosophy via an accusation of foolish idealism. ... He also says that the man who is not willing to practice evil will undoubtedly be ruined by those who are willing. Thus, man as governor must know how to do evil as the situation demands, and practice hypocrisy, appearing to be a man of honor, justice and faith to mollify the masses. ...
Even misconceptions about philosophy are still conceptions. ... Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. ... Utilitarianism states that everyone ought to act so as to bring about the greatest possibilities of intrinsic good over intrinsic evil. ... Nonconsequentialism is associated with normative ethical theories which is any theory holding that right and wrong are not determined by the relative balance if intrinsic good and evil. ... An extreme theory holds that intrinsic good and evil are irrelevant when determining right from wrong. ...
Even misconceptions about philosophy are still conceptions. ... Aesthetics is the philosophy of art and beauty. ... Utilitarianism states that everyone ought to act so as to bring about the greatest possibilities of intrinsic good over intrinsic evil. ... Nonconsequentialism is associated with normative ethical theories which is any theory holding that right and wrong are not determined by the relative balance if intrinsic good and evil. ... An extreme theory holds that intrinsic good and evil are irrelevant when determining right from wrong. ...
Suffering Comes from Satan and Human Sin: Man's condition in Islam The Quran states that evil was not yet present in the world at the moment of man's creation. ... The Muslim's Response to the problem of Evil: Philosophy aside, Muslims also need to know what the Qur'anic position on the problem of evil is. ... {Surah 2 (al-Baqara), verse 28} While the above talks only of moral evil (corruption and bloodshed), the fact is that this particular verse raises the question of evil and deals with it in an exceptionally direct manner. ... The simple solution to the probl...
