Posted by:
schrodingerscat
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Date: May 22, 2020 09:56PM
https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/is-god-good?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3mLenGw7sbJknd6jJ6Fvs9buAS9Xz7vIhlUBw5eBffR1QQdqXedIb-1RQ#Echobox=1590034860"Why does God allow evil to happen? This question has been at the heart of Western religious philosophy since the dawn of monotheism. The very term and concept of God has long divided humans. Is he the first mover? Beyond definition, as many have argued? If God is all-powerful and humans are incapable of even defining him—I'm using "him" out of convenience, as "it" would be more appropriate in this case; a gendered deity is quite definable—why are so many certain they recognize his moral standing? Given how many sects of religions exist, how can so many people be so wrong?....
.....There might never be answers to such questions given the contentious nature of this discussion. While Sterba goes to great philosophical lengths to contemplate the problem of evil, he also grounds his thinking in the practical and applicable. Regardless of your religious belief (or non-belief), it behooves everyone to remember that when it comes to moral evil, we are all empowered to play a beneficent, or evil, role. As he puts it,"