PART ELEVEN:
THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
1. _The Problem of Evil._ Genetically, evil is of two kinds: _moral_
evil (sin), and _physical_ or _natural_ evil (suffering). The over-all
problem is well stated by Brightman as follows: There is no dialectic
of evil corresponding to the dialectic of good, for good... [ Continue Reading ]
PART TWELVE:
THE BEGINNING OF MORAL EVIL ON EARTH
(Genesis 3:1-8)
1. _The Generations of the Heavens and of the Earth._ We need to
recall here briefly the significance of this phrase. The term
generations (_toledoth)_ in the various passages in which it occurs in
Genesis (cf. Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6... [ Continue Reading ]
PART THIRTEEN:
THE BEGINNING OF PHYSICAL EVIL ON EARTH
(Genesis 3:9-24)
_Recapitulation_
1. Aldo J. Tos writes interestingly as follows (ABOT, 61): The account
of the Fall is an artistic presentation of the psychology of
temptation. If we compare the various steps that were involved in that
primev... [ Continue Reading ]