Theodicy: Similarities Between Good And Evil

Theodicy What do you consider to be good and evil? I know for some this may come down to a question of morality which will have varying answers. For others it will be a question of religion where good may be considered a God who is just and fair and evil is represented by many forms in which one example would be the devil. With the issue of good and evil existing one can’t help but wonder what is the purpose of having both of these in our daily life and culture. This issue is often referred to as theodicy, or otherwise known as the argument over good versus evil. It has been a largely debated topic in the philosophical sense as well as within religion over a large span of time. This term is a concept which generally takes the form of your

Good and evil acts are of pure moral debate but most can agree certain acts throughout history such as the Holocaust and the events that occurred in New York on 9/11 are acts of evil with no benefit when asked. The religious approach to answering the question on whether these acts had a higher purpose or how would a God allow for such acts to occur is a great example when discussion theodicy. In extremes of situations like this my personal view is that outside of the classical argument for theodicy which is represented by karma, the appeal of sovereignty, the consolation of promise, and dualism. My argument is typically based upon the free will theodicy. Richard Schoenig in his introduction paragraph for The free will theodicy he states that “The Free Will Theodicy (FWT), favored by a number of prominent philosophic theists, claims that, contrary to God’s commands, humans misuse their free will (FW) and thereby cause the suffering of the innocent (SOI) known as ‘moral evil’.” He continues to discuss other evils such as natural evils which occur not based upon our free will such as disasters, disease, and accidents. The FWT can be supported by many as well as disputed by as much. While the questions continue that God knows all and how would he allow such events to happen to me it would be none other than free will. This free will is what is given to us by God himself as a testament for us to prove faith as well as challenge us to follow the correct path and do not stray from what is written. We are allowed the temptations of evil in cases to make this free will we are blessed with to be even more so difficult. In the book of Job he was continuously tested by God as for display to show that there was no servant greater than Job himself. Test after test regardless of the circumstance his free will of decision led him to not