tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550138.post8496216457199936875..comments2023-08-12T03:31:30.619-05:00Comments on The New Testament Round Table: Guest Post on Evil and the Justice of GodMark Owenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07145877997591508836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550138.post-52878672400723628242008-07-30T07:53:00.001-05:002008-07-30T07:53:00.001-05:00HapiBlogging to you my friend! Have a nice day!<a href="http://hapiblogging.blogspot.com/">HapiBlogging</a> to you my <a href="http://ntroundtable.blogspot.com">friend</a>! Have a nice day!Chesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314322844187808178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550138.post-65159740437332902412008-05-06T11:50:00.000-05:002008-05-06T11:50:00.000-05:00Does this work really count as "theodicy," as it d...Does this work really count as "theodicy," as it doesn't justify God with regard to why there is evil in the world to begin with? If some mistake made under the supervision of a hospital puts my father in a coma, is it really sufficient simply to say, "The important thing is that the hospital is now working to resuscitate him"? We'd want to know whether the hospital was in fact the perpetrator, or, if it did not directly cause the accident, why it would not be at fault.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I do think that what God has done and is doing in salvation-history ought to count for something in his favor. If Wright's approach is incomplete theodicy, at least it's supplying a piece that has been long-neglected.Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14736144233077082159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550138.post-59497270799214713522008-01-06T13:29:00.000-05:002008-01-06T13:29:00.000-05:00Interesting to get a sense of Wright's take. To me...Interesting to get a sense of Wright's take. <BR/><BR/>To me, the two most readily useful notions of evil are <BR/><BR/>1. The prayer Jesus taught which implies that we have some control over evil by forgiving others and affirming a world that is more heaven-like -- that is to say just and loving. <BR/><BR/>And 2. Jesus's insistence that evil is a complex of things ranging from foolishness to homicidal tendencies that do not come from outside but are the product of what is inside us -- our hearts, so to speak. <BR/><BR/>He does not imply that we're powerless to do something about it nor that he simply wants people to wait for some future rivine intervention to resolve the problem.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, SStephen C. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769778698884528600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550138.post-69209222514121596692007-12-24T17:51:00.000-05:002007-12-24T17:51:00.000-05:00Strangely, it does not require religion at all in ...Strangely, it does not require religion at all in order for evil to be expunged.<BR/><BR/>We all struggle with right and wrong, whether we are religious or not, even though we all do generally know which is which.<BR/><BR/>Simple removal of the forces that compel us to make incorrect choices will solve the problem... and that requires wisdom.<BR/><BR/>Wisdom is not available to a closed mind, which is a mind that already thinks it knows the answer. Perhaps, the fact that so many people rely on religion as "the answer" is what closes enough minds to allow evil to prevail so frequently?<BR/><BR/>Something to consider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com