The Problems of Good & Evil
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:08:48
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 5 pages (1306 words)
Category: / Literature / North American
Length: 5 pages (1306 words)
The logical problem of evil is one of the oldest arguments against the existence of God. There is a logical contradiction in believing in God AND believing that there is evil in this world. Theists believe that God is perfect, and has three traits: omnipotence, omniscience, and omni benevolence. An omnipotent God is one who is "all powerful". People often infer from this that God can do anything. However, there are things that God cannot …
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…not as to what is actually good or evil, but to what we perceive as good and evil. I believe that there is a hierarchy of relativism, beginning with a culture, splitting into sub-cultures, and eventually ending up at the individual. Every single person on this planet has a different idea about what things are good and evil. Yes, two people may have ideas that are very similar, but they will never be exactly alike.
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