What Role Does God Play In Evil
While we are not aware of the details of this woman’s life, would this child have fared better if she had a mother like Tracy, Jamie, or Angela? If God is all knowing and he is good, why would he allow this child to suffer these traumatic moments? Could the sorrow of these women and the trauma of this child have been circumvented with God’s intervention?
These and other questions lead us to arrive at our examination of the logical problem of evil. Evil can be defined as a thing that is “characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering., [CITE] The deductive or logical form of the problem of evil maintains that a set of six propositions is logically inconsistent. Essentially, the facts that (1) God exists, (2) God is omnipotent, (3) God is omniscient, (4) God is omnibenevolent, (5) God created the world, and (6) the contains evil, cannot all be true. As it relates to the women of our conversation, they could disprove that God is not present in their situation or has not acted justly but adjusting the mindsets. Of the many adjustments, let us primarily focus on (1) changing one’s understanding of God, (2) changing one’s understanding of God’s relationship to creation, and (3) …show more content…
Angela is unique in that she has come to peace with the fact that she will never have children. However, she maintains a level of resentment towards God. In adjusting Angela’s mindset, I would like to bring to her attention her current role as a pastor’s wife. She with her husband are responsible for shepherding a flock of God’s people. Because she does not have children of her own, she has the capacity to offer her heart and love to people who need it, including her husband. There certainly were moments throughout her life when adding a child would have seemed ideal. Though as we grow in our faith, we learn more that God’s plan for our life is ultimately best not only for ourselves but for those we
These and other questions lead us to arrive at our examination of the logical problem of evil. Evil can be defined as a thing that is “characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering., [CITE] The deductive or logical form of the problem of evil maintains that a set of six propositions is logically inconsistent. Essentially, the facts that (1) God exists, (2) God is omnipotent, (3) God is omniscient, (4) God is omnibenevolent, (5) God created the world, and (6) the contains evil, cannot all be true. As it relates to the women of our conversation, they could disprove that God is not present in their situation or has not acted justly but adjusting the mindsets. Of the many adjustments, let us primarily focus on (1) changing one’s understanding of God, (2) changing one’s understanding of God’s relationship to creation, and (3) …show more content…
Angela is unique in that she has come to peace with the fact that she will never have children. However, she maintains a level of resentment towards God. In adjusting Angela’s mindset, I would like to bring to her attention her current role as a pastor’s wife. She with her husband are responsible for shepherding a flock of God’s people. Because she does not have children of her own, she has the capacity to offer her heart and love to people who need it, including her husband. There certainly were moments throughout her life when adding a child would have seemed ideal. Though as we grow in our faith, we learn more that God’s plan for our life is ultimately best not only for ourselves but for those we