Semone McElroy Theo 202-003 Hamartiology Paper The Doctrine of Sin It would be amazing if we lived in a world where there was no sin. No temptation or the lust of the eyes or the flesh. But because of Adam and Eve, we as humans have a sinful nature. When one studies the nature of sin, one can come across Hamartiology, the Doctrine of sin. Sin can lead many people in dark places, it can affect the personality of the people, and we can allow sin not to control our lives.
Augustine replies back to him which kind of evil is Ev talking about: the evil that men do and the evil that men suffer. Ev responds to him saying, “I want to know about both kinds of evil.” Aug begins to define while conversing with Ev by explaining that God gives justly to the righteous and the wicked what they deserve. The explanation is clear. God gives the righteous their rewards and the wicked he punishes justly, but the way we experience His justice is through suffering. He further explains that the evil deeds that we perform are of our own accord, and that we are punished by God’s justice because they are done out of our own free will.
My view on why god allows evil is that he does allow evil simply because of free will. I believe this because god is all-knowing he knows our next move but he gives us free will to choose evil from good or vice versa, but natural evil people wonder why god would allow this and simply I will state why. There are two kinds of evil in the world: moral and natural; both appear to exist in abundance. Moral evils are those evils that are freely inflicted upon humankind by humankind: Larson, adultery, murder, theft, etc. ; they result from the choices of free will.
Evil was a potent force which intended to hurt and destroy, against the expectations of society which were usually based on Christian views. On the other hand, to be good was to act in a charitable and caring way for others, displaying the qualities of a faithful Christian. In this way, it could be said that to be 'morally ambiguous' is to merge the two; to integrate good and evil into a personality to such an extent that it is not possible to label such a person as one or the other. There are different types of morality which seem to be contrasted with each other in the novel. Joseph represents one of these: the conventional, institutionalised notion of morality based on religion and the word of the bible.
In this study we are to consider blasphemy against the members of the Godhead and especially against the third member, of the Holy Spirit. When one attempts to injure by speech, either oral or written, God or any divine person, that one is guilty of blasphemy. To speak against any of the revealed attributes of God, Christ, or Holy Spirit is to blaspheme. When one speaks irreverently of the word of God, one is speaking blasphemously. When one profanes the worship of God by speaking against it, that one is guilty of the high crime of blasphemy.
Augustine is quick to clarify that God did not make sin. If God is good and all things he created are good then sin can not be created by God, for sin is evil. Augustine believes that sin is humanity's responsibility. Augustine’s view of the original sin is very complex and does not discuss it completely in Confessions, for his point of writing the book is more of a personal reflection on his view of evil in his own life. Simply stated, original sin is the condition that inclines human beings to selfishness and disobedience, even when they may want to act otherwise.
Augustine said that “Evil stemmed from the free fallible choices of beings…in the pre-history of time,” referring to the free will of Adam and Eve and the Fallen Angels. He believed that you can be saved from evil as long as you choose to be saved, he thought that we all could see the good act yet still go against it because we have free will to do whatever we want. Therefore Augustine said that Evil only existed due to having the ability of Free Will, and not due to God. All Evil is seen as a sin, moral evil, or a punishment for sin, natural evil, and the sin we receive now is the result of the original sin from Adam and Eve and the damnation of the earth and Lucifer the fallen angel. This is because we were all seminally present in the loins of Adam meaning when we are born we have sin and through baptism we wash away our sins.
Reconciling the existence of Evil, in a world that was created by God The question of how can evil exist if an all powerful, all knowing, and morally perfect being, God, exists. He should know of the evil, and since he’s morally perfect and all powerful be able to stop it. Many moral philosophers have attempted to answer this question throughout our history. Some have used it to prove that God doesn’t exist, others to show the nature of evil. Plato discussed the question of God being good.
Sam Harris uses this idea in one of his quotes saying that “Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes or he doesn’t care to or he doesn’t exist. God is either: impotent, evil or imaginary. Take your pick and choose wisely.” This can speak to many of those who don’t believe in God as this shows how even with this earth God didn’t create it perfectly which leads to natural disasters and if he did create this earth then he must be evil to have created it imperfectly and if a perfect being wants to create something imperfect when he can create it perfectly how is this justifiable? Some people also say that if we are a
That thought pattern is rooted in sin and rebellion because the gospel message is centered on repentance of sin and accepting Jesus as Lord. It is not centered on people living as they like and expecting God to adjust his precepts to us in that spiritual state. 2. This culture has become so morally loose until morality is almost non-existent. To live a moral life according to the gospel message is perceived as being too restrictive to a large number of the populace.