God, evil, heaven

Another reading of the sacred books

Absolving God — condemning the violation

In our philosophy, "evil" is a mandatory component of human evolution. It is one of the essential elements of the animal-to-human metamorphosis.

Is evil a sin?

If we proceed from the "perfect couple" of Adam and Eve (as monotheisms describe them), evil would actually be a "sin" — humanity deliberately sowing disorder in the order of things.

But if we proceed from the "natural primate" as evolutionism posits, things are different. On this site we of course support this view. In this version, the metamorphosis of the animal into the human requires the presence of evil. This negative force loses all its religious dimension and becomes an inevitable part of the animal-human transformation — a timely and essential tool of our transformation.

Evil, understood this way, no longer prevents us from seeing the meaning of humanity. It is not the sign of the absurdity of the world or the senselessness of human behaviour. We can demonstrate the inevitability of its presence and its highly jurisprudential character. By the scandal it raises — or rather, should constantly raise — evil helps humanity to consolidate and build good.

At that point, being corresponds to "what should be". And evil no longer carries the classical negative value attributed to it. To face the question of God regarding evil, let us use the thought of Spinoza: "We must force ourselves to understand the real instead of wishing it to our convenience." Evil then becomes:

• Necessary (during the time of the animal-human metamorphosis).
• Constructive (it always ends up increasing good).
• Absolutely punishable (to persist in the direction of evolution).
• Absolutely unacceptable (to remain a key driver in its own demise).
• Worthy of analysis (to provide the best care and constantly reduce its influence).

Absolving humanity

Since evil is necessary for our evolution, theodicy does not need to charge humanity in order to exonerate God. We do not have to blame God for the presence of evil in humanity. Nor can humanity be convicted for belonging to a system that requires evil. This negative power is one of the instruments of good. Humanity is compelled to use this instrument while simultaneously fighting to move toward perfection.

"God does not judge: through him, beings judge themselves." Simone Weil

Text written around the year 2000