This is my conversation with a reader of my post WHY GOD IS NOT PREVENTING EVIL?
you can read the post here so that you could know what brought the conversation.
I just decided to separate this conversation for it is different from the topic of "Natural Evil". This is more of the concept of evil which is very simple but many get confused to it. Let's see if these conversation will bring light to your concept about evil and good.
Q: I think you and I define evil very differently. To me, someone commits a wrong act when it negatively affects others more than it positively affects others--especially when considered in a vacuum. And evil act is when the act has a more severe negative affect. God, if he exists, either actively causes disasters or set up a world in which disasters kill and otherwise harm at random. Either way, it is an evil act.
If God doesn't exist, then natural disasters are just natural phenomena, as you say.
A: I don't think so.. I think you need to read my post and comments again.. You are again asking for a perfect world which will brings us more negative effects or based from your definition of evil will bring more evil: ignorance, worthlessness, despair, stagnation and more, and God letting that to happen is malevolent. And remember, evil is merely the absent of good. J. P. Moreland has noted, “Evil is a lack of goodness. It is goodness spoiled. You can have good without evil, but you cannot have evil without good.”
Do you think pain is evil?? If so, then pain should be removed and everyone should numb. but do you think being numb is evil? If so, then we should remove numbness. so what's left? Nothing again and worthlessness... Pain or numbness is not evil. Dont confuse yourself. Being sad or happy is not evil. Being alive of death is also not a sin. Sin or evil is more of man made or human neglect of goodness. God did not create our genitals for rape, but for us to reproduce and prevent extinction. He did not tell people to rape someone. The reason why there is rape, because rapists ignore their conscience saying that you should not force someone to have sex with you. remember, a knife is not an evil thing, until you use it to hurt someone. So cyclone are also not an evil thing, until we start ignoring and making thing which will worsen its effect.
Are you telling me that for you to believe that there is God, there should be no evil (which for you is the negative effects of things)? Example pain. Honesty can also result to pain, So is honesty evil as well? trust can also cause pain to the one who trusts, so is trust evil?, sharp edged things can cause pain. Almost everything can cause this one negative feeling. Even blunt objects can cause pain.. asteroids, heat, low temperature, humans, animals and plants can cause pain. So evrything in this world is evil. So for you to believe that there is God then he should have not created anything. He should have not trusted his creation for a small freedom might can pain to some of his other creation. So for you to believe that there is God then he should have not gave us freewill? So is that the perfect demonstration of God for you? Is it the best for us?
If the effect will determine if something is evil, then what is evil and what is good will be different from person to person, Killing someone can be evil and can be good, for it will benefit some person and will cause sorrow or loss to some. Honesty and trust will also be evil to some people for it will cause pain. And with this definition, there will be chaos and confusion.
The reason why there are too many people who are confuses with what is evil and what is because most of us are very focused to the effects of things. The cause does not always justify the means which is the opposite of what most of us believe.
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