Christians' Beliefs About the Origins of Good and Evil
Good and evil are two very different and very powerful things. In
Christianity God is the representation of good, truth and love whilst
Satan, the fallen angel, is the representation for evil, hatred and
depression.
God is described using words like purity, truth and light. God is love
concerned with serving others and not causing harm or pain. God was
the creator of the universe. As God is so perfect he had to share what
he already had. When God created humans he wanted friends not puppets
so he gave us freewill in order for us to make up our own decisions.
When Jesus was addressed as good master he replied, “Why do you call
me good? No one is good but God himself. This shows that God is the
origin of good. The best example of Gods love is when he sacrificed
his son Jesus on the cross to save humanities souls.
When discussing evils origins it is important to realise that evil
can be divided into two groups. Moral evils, which are the based on
the actions of one person and natural evil, this is things like
earthquakes, volcanoes and hurricane. Natural evils are harder to
explain as God created an “all perfect world”.
Evil is portrayed to Christians in the form of Satan. Satan is
described as the opposite of God bring evil, dark, deceitful and
impure. In the Bible Satan is described as a serpent, a goat and a
devil. In the fourth century St. Augustine suggested a different view
on evil. He believed evil was simply the absence of good. All things
were at first created all perfect and good like God, but freewill let
them turn away and ignore God and become evil. Augustine also believed
that what is evil in the short term may be good in the long term.
In the modern world, evil is seen as more of a psychological
phenomenon. Psychological forces such as our parenting, our schooling,
our diet, our music and our taste in TV and film are what shape our
Christian Beliefs in the Origins of the World “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. ” A Description of Christian Beliefs About the Origins of The World Christians believe that God created the universe. In Chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis, we are told that God creates both the universe and everything that is in it.
So what does it all mean? Does good always triumph over evil? Will justice always prevail? Probably not, but it can’t hurt one’s chances, can it? Works Cited Stewart, Timothy.
We learn that when good does nothing, evil takes over.
takes this a step further and states that something that is good must not only
the dark side of human nature is rooted deeply within a person no matter how hard they try
Hypothetically speaking, if there was a machine in the world that could able project the image of a person choosing to do tomorrow. Wouldn’t that entail tomorrow this person must do what was known in advance? In the end, despite the planning and deliberating, this person must choose exactly as the machine projected. The question we have to ask ourselves is this: “Does free will exist, or it just merely an illusion?” But, no machine with such capability existed in this world, and the only one with such power is God. The argument of God’s omniscient and human free will has gone for thousands of years, the core of this argument is if God was claimed to be all-knowing, hence in possession of infallible foreknowledge of human actions, therefore, humans should not have free will. The concept of God is all-knowing and human have free will is inherently contradictory, therefore, they cannot coexist. This argument implicated predestination and often resonated with the dilemma of determinism, because God was supposed to have given mankind free will.
that people should never lie, no matter the consequence. Miller portrays the idea in The
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
that life is based on the decisions made by a higher power in an overall plan. The power of free
It is impossible to taste the sweet without having first tasted the sour. This is one of the many lessons found within Genesis 2.0 and more specifically the story of Adam and Eve. It is also from this twisted tale of betrayal and deceit that we gain our knowledge of mankind?s free will, and God?s intentions regarding this human capacity. There is one school of thought which believes that life is mapped out with no regard for individual choice while contrary belief tells us that mankind is capable of free will and therefore has control over hisown life and the consequences of his actions. The story of Adam and Eve and the time they spent in ?paradise? again and again points to the latter as the truth. Confirming that God not only gave mankind the ability to think for himself but also the skills needed to take responsibility for those thoughts and the actions that they produced.
to the fact that not everything is as well as it seems and that this
What this quote says, is that how can we possibly be responsible for our own actions if God knows what we are going to do anyways, and if God does know everyth...
What makes us humans what we truly are; from our appearance to our habits; and our preferences. A list of questions that will never end. Do we born this way; nor did the environment shapes us; do we born to this world with an existing knowledge of everything is taught and learn? Those questions are one of the biggest debate in the field of developmental psychology: Nature vs, Nurture.
Nature is complicated. It includes many different sorts of things and one of these is human beings. Such beings exhibit one unique yet natural attribute that others things apparently do not—that is free will.
Throughout our lives we have all been influenced by our environment and other outside forces. Our environment may change the way we think, act and behave in life. Since we are all products of our environment, it comes to no surprise that we, as humans, tend to behave in a society the same way others around us behave but at the same time we strive to find who we really are (Schaefer 73). Since birth, humans have always analyzed the world around them. With each day that passes, humans take in more and more information from the outside world. The information which humans obtain through their environment subconsciously influences the decisions people make throughout their daily life (Neubauer 16). On the other hand, our genetics also play a vital role in determining what type of person we are and what will we become.