I've always disliked the term Natural Evil, merely because it implies Unnatural Evil.
It seems people are allergic to the quite simple concepts of pain and suffering, rather than nebulous "Good" Vs "Evil" concepts.
There is no Natural Evil, but there is certainly pain and suffering. As we established whilst examining Epicurus, that his concepts of Evil were linked heavily to a life of hardship, and the pain and suffering inflicted during it.
Apparently we won't appreciate eternity if we don't have a good bit of suffering here on earth first. God is just a loving parent, who when faced with a petulant child, takes their dinner away and stoically listens to the tears while the child hungers.
I love it when some Christians compare a parent/child education relationship with the concept of an entire family burning to death in an accidental fire or earthquake.
For the most part thou, Natural Evil is a oxymoron in my opinion, where Evil is through intent, and Nature has no intentions.
I would also consider, that anyone who thinks that all human based Good works are from God, and Evil from man, is considering the problem from a faulty position if they wish to place Free Will in both this and the afterlife, because they become inconsistent.
It seems people are allergic to the quite simple concepts of pain and suffering, rather than nebulous "Good" Vs "Evil" concepts.
There is no Natural Evil, but there is certainly pain and suffering. As we established whilst examining Epicurus, that his concepts of Evil were linked heavily to a life of hardship, and the pain and suffering inflicted during it.
Apparently we won't appreciate eternity if we don't have a good bit of suffering here on earth first. God is just a loving parent, who when faced with a petulant child, takes their dinner away and stoically listens to the tears while the child hungers.
I love it when some Christians compare a parent/child education relationship with the concept of an entire family burning to death in an accidental fire or earthquake.
For the most part thou, Natural Evil is a oxymoron in my opinion, where Evil is through intent, and Nature has no intentions.
I would also consider, that anyone who thinks that all human based Good works are from God, and Evil from man, is considering the problem from a faulty position if they wish to place Free Will in both this and the afterlife, because they become inconsistent.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
