Volconvo Debate Forums - View Single Post - True evil, sin, and the nature of reality

randall patrick · Jun 8, 2005, 01:12 am

True evil it seems does not exist in our temporal universe. By true evil I imply spiritual evil that has a destructive agenda to destroy gods creation, some may entitle this spirit evil the devil Satan etc. While it evil exists as ethereal force and is dangerous it may not manifest completely in our universe, but this will change in the future. Mental illness, sub par brain functioning and greed is the cause for all other evil.

rp:

True evil, eh?

Okay, suppose you are God and design the human body so that fully 80% of all conceptions end in spontaneous abortions. Is that evil?

Suppose you are God and design the human body such that a baby can come into world afflicted with any of 3000+ congenital/genetic disorders. Is that evil?

Suppose you are God and design planet earth with tectonic plates that slip and slide resulting in things like, say, the recent South Asian tsunami. Is that evil?

Suppose you are God and sat back and did nothing while over 680,000,000 children aged 5 years and younger died in agony from starvation in just the 20th century alone. Is that evil?

And how can mere mortals be said to be "sinful" or "evil" when, if God is omniscient, there can be no human autonomy or free will because everything we think and feel and do can only be an inherent manifestation of God?

rp

Jun 8, 2005, 01:12 am	#17 (permalink)
randall patrick Molten Ash Posts: 68	True evil it seems does not exist in our temporal universe. By true evil I imply spiritual evil that has a destructive agenda to destroy gods creation, some may entitle this spirit evil the devil Satan etc. While it evil exists as ethereal force and is dangerous it may not manifest completely in our universe, but this will change in the future. Mental illness, sub par brain functioning and greed is the cause for all other evil. rp: True evil, eh? Okay, suppose you are God and design the human body so that fully 80% of all conceptions end in spontaneous abortions. Is that evil? Suppose you are God and design the human body such that a baby can come into world afflicted with any of 3000+ congenital/genetic disorders. Is that evil? Suppose you are God and design planet earth with tectonic plates that slip and slide resulting in things like, say, the recent South Asian tsunami. Is that evil? Suppose you are God and sat back and did nothing while over 680,000,000 children aged 5 years and younger died in agony from starvation in just the 20th century alone. Is that evil? And how can mere mortals be said to be "sinful" or "evil" when, if God is omniscient, there can be no human autonomy or free will because everything we think and feel and do can only be an inherent manifestation of God? rp Last edited by randall patrick; Jun 8, 2005 at 01:15 am.