Dialogue On Good, Evil, And The Existence

“To what extent is Adolf Eichmann just a bureaucratic businessman doing his job, or were his motivations composed of pure evil and murderous intent?”

God is the representation of standards that exemplify the means of reality and morality. The character of God is the foundation for truly understanding the absolute truth of our existence, the purpose of our being, and the morals we must follow. The before Christ era’s identity admitted that the earth was a constant struggle for existence. The struggles are shown through fatality, ailment, misery, and natural disasters, but do not take away from the purity of morality. Atheists’ thriving argument against the Christian faith is the evidence of evil and the suffering people must endure. “If God is all good and God is all powerful, why does He allow evil to exist?” Everything was perfect and worked in perfect harmony. Genesis 1 verse 31 says, “ Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day,”(Gen, 1:31). The animals did not eat each other. Nothing could come to wipe out creatures. Creation was designed perfect until Adam’s rebelled against God. His actions brought about evil, death, and destruction into the world. Death is not an enemy, but a part of creation passing. “Without a foundation of an initially perfect creation, there is no foundation upon which to say that these natural evils are bad and contrary to God’s original purpose”(Broocks). God ultimately dealt with immorality through the shedding Jesus’ blood on the cross and providing an eternity without

In John Perry's book Dialogue on Good, Evil and the Existence of God, he used three characters in the dialogue in order to clarify the positions of the three characters (Weirob, Miller, and Cohen), the arguments they provide in support their positions and the "end state" of their discussion. This allows us to examine our understanding of the good, evil and the existence of God.

In “Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God,” First Morning & Afternoon, Perry explores how could God feasibly exist in a world that includes suffering? Moreover, if God is deemed to be all knowing, all powerful and all good, how could this supreme being know and allow pain and evil to exist in this world? According to the protagonist, Sam, an experience or existence can be positive overall but can also include some parts that are negative. Hence, the idea that God created a world that is largely pleasant but still contains parts, like suffering and evil.

The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is often associated with a various number of themes such as racism, social inequality, the importance of family values, and much more. But one of the more hidden messages of the book centers around the idea that there is a coexistence of good and evil. This theme is really brought to life the more the reader is able to understand the book. Through sub themes such as coming of age, perspective, and intense characterization of many important characters the idea of good and evil is really brought to light.

Furthermore, god is supposedly full of wisdom, his wisdom is infinite, yet the world lacks heavily. One way this can be viewed is with nature, how nature scarcely tends to the need of human and animal happiness. One question that one may ask is can and is god able to prevent evil? Does he have what it takes; maybe god is impotent (lacking power, strength). According

As a result of having imperfect parents, we all have a somewhat distorted view of God.

We can contradict that God is all-powerful or wholly good, or we can contradict that there is any evil in the creation.

The problem of evil (the problem of suffering) is an argument against the existence of God

The debate of the existence of God had been active since before the first philosopher has pondered the question. Anselm’s Ontological Argument was introduced during the 11th century and had stood deductively valid until the 18th century. Then there are the arguments to aim disprove God, such as the Argument from Evil.

The problem of evil has been around since the beginning. How could God allow such suffering of his “chosen people”? God is supposedly all loving (omni-benevolent) and all powerful (omnipotent) and yet He allows His creations to live in a world of danger and pain. Two philosophers this class has discussed pertaining to this problem is B.C. Johnson and John Hick. Johnson provides the theists’ defense of God and he argues them. These include free will, moral urgency, the laws of nature, and God’s “higher morality”. Hick examines two types of theodicies – the Augustinian position and the Irenaeus position. These positions also deal with free will, virtue (or moral urgency), and the laws of nature. Johnson

Everyday it is possible to read a newspaper, or turn on TV or radio news and learn about evil going on in our world. Banks are robbed, cars are stolen, violent murders and rapes are committed. Somewhere in the world the aftershock of an earthquake is being felt. Cancer is killing millions of people each year, while other debilitating conditions continue to affect many with no cure to end their suffering. President Bush said that our country is fighting a war against evil. We all agree that evil is real and cannot be ignored; the problem comes when we try and rationalize the concept of God and evil coexisting.

Ten children are killed every day in the United States by guns; people are murdered senselessly; Columbine High School; Over one-third of middle school children in Cascade County have used illegal drugs and over one-half have tried alcohol; innocent people in foreign countries are being wiped out (Kosovo); The Holocaust; Hiroshima; Vietnam; poverty, starvation and oppression in third world countries; Capitalism; environmental decay and neglect; the media; Oklahoma City; the uni-bomber; earthquakes, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, airplane crashes; domestic/child abuse; disease, birth defects and mental disorders. Why?Why?Why?… The question never changes and is asked over and over and over and

The existence of God has been in question for as long as mankind has existed and thought logically. Many questions have plagued the human mind in regards to God, and there have been many arguments drawn with the hopes of proving the existence of a supreme being whom we know as God. The “God” question has been presented to every individual at some point in their lives. It is a topic that will bring forth never-ending questions and an equal amount of attempted answers. Many philosophers have formulated different rationales when examining the topic of God, some of which include how the word itself should be defined, what his role is in human existence, whether or not he loves us, and ultimately, if he even exists at all. Mankind cannot

evil, entered the world. God is in no way, directly or indirectly, the cause of moral