Comments on: Evil: The Dark Night of the Soul http://pluralism.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/evil-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/ Conversations About Truth and Culture Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Murray O http://pluralism.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/evil-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/#comment-50 Murray O Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:05:36 +0000 http://pluralism.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-50 Good question. This space is too short to fill the answer. However, the linke below is a good discussion on it. It is by Greg Jesson on UC Santa Cruz on Why a Good God Allows Suffering. Check it out. http://www.veritas.org/media/talks/515 Good question. This space is too short to fill the answer. However, the linke below is a good discussion on it. It is by Greg Jesson on UC Santa Cruz on Why a Good God Allows Suffering. Check it out.

http://www.veritas.org/media/talks/515

]]> By: David http://pluralism.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/evil-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/#comment-42 David Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:08:18 +0000 http://pluralism.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-42 I would go backwards and start with the why. Whatever reality I create must correspond with my nature. The reality of b) would not allow for the display of mercy, grace, or justice. Guess a) makes it possible for me to have a world where I can both display my justice and grace simultaneously...which would bring me more glory as creator because it more closely resembled my nature. But that brings the question to mind: Does God's mercy entail the creation of evil, or does the creation of evil entail mercy? I would go backwards and start with the why. Whatever reality I create must correspond with my nature.

The reality of b) would not allow for the display of mercy, grace, or justice.

Guess a) makes it possible for me to have a world where I can both display my justice and grace simultaneously…which would bring me more glory as creator because it more closely resembled my nature.

But that brings the question to mind:

Does God’s mercy entail the creation of evil, or does the creation of evil entail mercy?

]]> By: murrayo http://pluralism.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/evil-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/#comment-33 murrayo Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:58:47 +0000 http://pluralism.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-33 Here's a question, If you were God would you: (a) create this world were men are free and the laws of nature behavied as they do or (b) create a world were men and nature always did what is good and right. Why? :) Here’s a question, If you were God would you: (a) create this world were men are free and the laws of nature behavied as they do or (b) create a world were men and nature always did what is good and right. Why? :)

]]> By: David http://pluralism.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/evil-the-dark-night-of-the-soul/#comment-25 David Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:40:34 +0000 http://pluralism.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-25 Wow, that story will make one reconsider what petty "unfairness" they perceieve in their own life. I have been thinking about another aspect of the problem of evil. The problem of evil is certainly one of the big ones for any person who believes in an all-power, all-knowing, all-good God. I think Christianity alone provides an adequate answer to this question. Consider a common objection: "What about the baby deer who dies in a forest fire out in the woods? Is there really any reason for such pain and suffering? Why would God allow this?" Genesis clearly presents a scenario in which man made a choice to rebel against God. History has shown the result of that. My conclusion is that there are no isolated events after mankind's fall, even in the woods during a forest fire. One is quick to assume that man's rebellion against God (not just Adam and Eve but every single man and woman) doesn't come into play here. I think that assumption is false. Sin has permeated every single facet of physical and spiritual life. Wow, that story will make one reconsider what petty “unfairness” they perceieve in their own life. I have been thinking about another aspect of the problem of evil.

The problem of evil is certainly one of the big ones for any person who believes in an all-power, all-knowing, all-good God. I think Christianity alone provides an adequate answer to this question.

Consider a common objection: “What about the baby deer who dies in a forest fire out in the woods? Is there really any reason for such pain and suffering? Why would God allow this?”

Genesis clearly presents a scenario in which man made a choice to rebel against God. History has shown the result of that. My conclusion is that there are no isolated events after mankind’s fall, even in the woods during a forest fire. One is quick to assume that man’s rebellion against God (not just Adam and Eve but every single man and woman) doesn’t come into play here. I think that assumption is false. Sin has permeated every single facet of physical and spiritual life.

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