(October 1, 2009 at 9:48 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: What qualifies as wicked? People who do evil things? People who do not believe in God? People who do both?
Both. 'Evil', 'wicked', 'sin', and 'bad' are all synonymous; they are privative moral terms, and morality is determined by God—grounded in his nature and expressed prescriptively by his commands. So wickedness is people doing evil things, and not believing in God is just one of the many evil things they do (e.g., 1 John 3:23, "And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ ...").
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
