The Problem of Evil

The problem of Evil is roughly, “Why do bad things happen to good people.”
The difficulty with the problem of evil is that it rests on a false presupposition namely that there are “good people.”

Jesus said, “No one is good—except God alone.” Luke 18:19

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;” Romans 3:10

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray” Isaiah 53:6

Once we accept that as Jesus says that only God is good i.e. man is not good then the problem of evil looses its teeth. The problem of evil is properly stated, “Why do bad things happen to bad people.” It is not that terrible things do not happen to people. But there is no one with no guilt save Christ alone. We all deserve hell because we have all sinned – the real question is why do sinners who deserve only condemnation sometimes receive undeserved grace.

Philosophy Class Discussion of the Problem of Evil

We spent a whole class period in Philosphy discussing the problem of evil.  How can we preserve God's forknowledge without ascribing evil to him.  The problem has always bothered me but after class I nailed it down in such a way that I feel it will never bother me again.

God is all knowing and forknows all history.  To toss these things aside would violate scripture's message.  Just because I do not see how the two can fit together does not affect my faith that the two are in harmony.  I will have faith that these two fit together even if they do not seem to.  I shall believe so that one day I shall understand.  If you look at good Christian theology by good Christain theologians you will find that much of it ends in mystery.  The trinity is the perfect example of this.   When the infinite meets the limited mystery naturally occurs.  It is a terrible mistake in theology to use reason to try to explain away mystery.

As Kierkegaard says we never get farther than faith.