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Quote by: ryanatau  Yeah. I don't think it would make sense to say a storm is a physical manifestation of a lack. How can nothing materially manifest? We would have to avoid saying natural disasters are evil because then even Augustine's comment that God is so good and powerful that He can bring Good from Evil would be useless because He would be the one creating the evil in the first place. I think it would be better to say the pain that storms cause is evil (or bad) but it is necessary if we are to have pleasure (i.e. if we are to be sensible).
However, I am with you that evil and good are human conceptions that would not exist if we were not here to conceive them. But because we are here they do exist, if as nothing else but a conception, which gives it practical existence because we still feel it. |
Wouldn't you agree that evil is powerful? Power is a force, that has the ability to affect, control and produce. Telling a lie creates more problems, burdens then facing the consequences of truth. The definition of evil is anything that causes harm, disaster and misery. Storms existed long before man. Storms exist on other planets. I would argue your point that good and evil are human conceptions.
May 17, 2008, 02:14 am
