Love that.
Its like four skull-smashing punches from Mike Tyson in his prime straight to the head of the believers.
No it isn't, it's a very weak argument.
Why did God have to make evil?Man has a lot of qualities that also occur in nature.
There are qualities, that only man has, which nature can hardly grasp on. One of these qualities is intellect.
Every man is egocentric, whether we want this or not, but this is reality.
This is reality in the case of God and without God.
Evil is caused by both man and God.1. Evil is caused by man, because of his free-will.
2. Evil is caused by God, for the benefit of man.
In my opinion, the root of all evil: the love for wordly gains, powered by the instinct that nature has given man, to maintain his physical health, NOT his mental health. Enlightened people still invade other countries for aspects like money and power.
In the first case, we have a constant desire for more, just to fulfill our desire, fueled by instinct. The concept of taking.
Evil occurs when we do not set a limit, the desire for more, more and more.
When we forget the negative output on society just to fulfill our desires. Because of this evil comes into existence.
Religion teaches the opposite. Once man has the basic needs to maintain his physical health (enough food, water and a shelter), man should switch to a different egocentricism. Man should no longer adopt the attitude of continuosly taking, but rather giving.
Charity for example. This is the source of happiness for man, in this life and the life after.
Conscience plays a crucial role in this. It's actually the feedback for man: 'Are you doing it alright?.
We do good things, just to please our conscience.
Now, what role does evil play in all this?
Man's life is about developping. During his life he has to fight obstacles that we see as 'evil'.
Definition of evil: Everything that which we want too overcome.
This could be: illiteracy, wars, injustice, diseases, murder, pollution and so on...
The source for all this lies within man. Greediness, ignorance, arrogance and rage bring forward evil.
Concepts that man should fight against. That is the true purpose of life.
If there was no injustice in the world, then there would be no struggle for justice in the world.
God for example causes natural disasters.
Because when there's an external calamity, that is not caused by man, we tend to unite more.
In case of an internal calamity, caused by man, we don't unite. Take a look at wars.
Another reason is too stimulate our intellect.
For a scientist the question comes: "How does and When does the earth shake?"
Our whole society is based on this:
We send our children to school, to educate them.
Some of our children become scientists, who are looking for ways to treat cancerpatients.
Some of them become politicians, to organise society and give society a better direction.
Other's join the police force, to oppose injustice on the streets.
Evil is absolutely needed in the world.
For our development.
You can throw away all that I have said, just take a look at this:
Now, what happens if somehow God decides to delete all evil.
Society would crumble, because our whole purpose is based on defeating evil.
Every aspect of society is based on this --> Fight 'Evil'.
No evil = No purpose for society = No society = Chaos = EvilThe result is impossible within our reality (absence of evil), it's the journey that is extremely important.
Fulfilling this journey in succes and adding your part to beat the unbeatable, that is what life is about.
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