A brief history of evil
Outrageous and necessary
God and evil
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. Woody Allen
How can we believe in God* when we are faced constantly with the presence of "evil" ?
* God, according to the monotheistic definition, ie God loving creative power ..
In our theory, the world makes sense. There should also be a positive destiny. It evolves inexorably towards its perfection. This conviction would probably unanimously if there was the presence of "evil." But there lies the terrible giant, as a totem in greenery. And "negative" strength, balance a bunch of doubts about the existence of the divine.
And the man to ask:
If God is omnipotent, why did he choose a development including cruelty and war?
Since God is omnipresent, why does not he signals its presence by clear and specific evidence ?
If man is a step in the evolution of life, why is it so cruel? Why is this the only creature capable of such cruelty towards his fellow man?
If "evil" can be unpunished and virtue never rewarded, what is the meaning of life?
Why man, reached peaks of intelligence, does not he manages to curb the "evil" ? Why our species does not she happens to inhibit this archaism ?
If all these questions remain unanswered, how indeed believe in a God full D'amour ? In a generous and kind to his creatures creative principle ?
The presence of "scandalous" evil, gives the time, a bunch of fuel pessimistic philosophies . It reinforces the doctrines describing the bad man, corrupt or imperfect.
Evil is a necessity
In reality, there is nothing . "Evil" is a necessity for man. This concept is constitutive of humanity. The human being invented and used to stimulate its opposite: " good."
To build a world out of nothing, the creative principle was stacking some steps ;
- Creation of matter /
- expansion of the universe /
- creation of the earth /
- appearance of living /
- evolution of life /
- emergence of our species /
- creation of prohibited /
- and final output of the natural world .
To switch from natural primate to man, the concept of "evil" must necessarily appear in humanity.
2001
Une fois de plus se pose l'éternelle question : est-ce Dieu, est-ce le diable qui gouverne le monde ? Et seule une foi injustifiable permet d'affirmer que finalement le diable est au service de Dieu.
Karl Jaspers
