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This 15 page paper discusses the age old questions of: What is evil? Why does evil exist? Why does God allow it to exist? What is original sin? What is the relationship between original sin and evil? Opinions are explored from the various writings and philosophies of John Hicks, St. Augustine, John Hume, St. Aquinas, G.W. Leibnitz, and G.K. Chesterson. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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everything right by all standards, have terrible things happen to them? Why would a great and all caring God allow such suffering in the world, even allow evil to exist
at all? These questions abound and are shared by Christian and non-believer alike. Many learned scholars throughout the ages have pursued the answer to these questions, though the ultimate answer
lies in the heart of the believer. One does not have to read very far into the Bible before violence makes its appearance. Cain and Abel take care of
that. Then, later, in Exodus, God sends a flood to destroy every living being, save one family and pairs of animals. People are turned into pillars of salt, the sea
opens up and swallows thousands of people. There are floggings, beatings, stonings, adultery and murder for starters. Why is there so much violence in a book that primarily espouses peace
and love to all? Perhaps these acts were recorded because a greater good came of the evil of the act. Consider the scene in the Bible where Abraham is compelled
to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. On the one hand, it does teach unflinching devotion and faith that is rewarded. However, one has to wonder at the impact such a
story has on an impressionable young mind. What did Isaac think and feel at the time? What must he have thought when he was bound and watched his father raise
his knife over his head. Isaac had to have known that he was intended for a sacrifice. How did he ever trust his father again? What must the impressionable youngster
in Sunday School think about a father that would murder his son to please God? What must he think about a God that would ask a father to do something
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