What forces
of evil in the world do we specifically identify as needing to be addressed by preaching?
There is enough
evil in the world today, every single day - death, loss, tragedy - don't we have enough of it already?
I think scripture is a rich metaphor created by human in an attempt to understand the presence
of evil in the world, as well as to express their hope that it will end.
Besides, when you atheists say «There is so
much evil in the world», you are acknowledging there is right and wrong?
There is a common fallacy that religion is good because it is religion and that the cure
for evil in the world is more religion.
In what ways is God in direct confrontation
with Evil in the world today like God was in direct conflict with the water in the Flood narrative?
People who worship these imaginary, invisible and non-existent deities are the root of
most evil in the world today.
Hare and Madden make five major criticisms of process thinkers» use of the concept of divine persuasive power to explain the presence of
excess evil in the world (PS 2/1, 44 - 48).
Lewis was aware, of course, that the presence of natural and moral
evil in the world makes governance by absolute goodness seem questionable at best.
Also, Christianity has suffered immensely from having to explain how there can be
evil in a world in which a good God has all the power.
But theologians were quick with a more nuanced approach, saying the issue of pregnancies from rape strikes at the core of a timeless question: How do you
explain evil in a world where God is loving?
Suddenly the bride of Christ is portrayed as the church militant, a people who will
withstand evil in the world if they are clothed in «the whole armor of God.»
Hence, the actual presence of
genuine evil in the world is no disproof of the existence of an omnipotent being who wants to prevent all genuine evil.
So, when an obvious contradiction occurs, such as good and innocent people being harmed by needless
evil in a world watched over by a loving, omniscient, omnipotent god, they don't say «Oh, that won't work.
Forged in the fire and blood of martyrs, the Pentecost stones have been handed down through generations of Keepers who kept their power and locations secret.Until now.The Keepers are being murdered, the stones stolen by those who would use them for
evil in a world transformed by religious fundamentalism.
Her male super-colleagues left to
crush evil in World War II; Wonder Woman stayed behind to answer the mail.