Last night I went to a small gathering of people from a church in East Peoria. The group is going through a video series on truth and the topic last night was evil-where did it come from. It got the wheels turning...
One of the main arguments atheists or non-Christians keep in their arsenal is if God created everything, and everything is therefore good, where did evil come from? Humanists also believe that mankind is inherently good and that evil is some un-natural apparition that comes about from corrupt society. They say that if man was left to his own devices and could focus on just pleasing himself, that there would be no evil. And finally, if there is no God, we are the products of evolution and natural selection.
While I am by no means an expert, this area has always interested me because of the way the public/secular education system preaches evolution and philosophical theories as truths. Here is an attempt to address questions raised by the humanists…
Our first account of evil in the bible is the story of Cain and Able, where the former slew the latter. Before the fall in the garden, there was no evil in man. So I agree with the humanists that man was originally inherently good. Evil was introduced in the form of sin through self-awareness after satan tricked Adam and Eve.
If man is still naturally good, why is murder a part of every society, “civilized” or otherwise? And if evil is the product of corrupt societies, as the humanists claim, what makes those societies corrupt? People, right? There is no other alternative. If we are inherently good, why do we have a conscious that tells us that doing “evil” things is bad? By their school of thought, there would be no need for a conscious. And if we are simply the products of evolution, natural selection would have weeded out individuals with the genetic makeup for having a conscious-those individuals would not have been able to kill in the wild to survive. It is completely contradictory.
If the only meaning in life is to please and care for the self, why do we put more value on the life of a human than the life of a fly, or a flower, or anything other than our own species?
Just the tip of the iceberg…
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I was a little uncertain to what you believe after the post. Inquiring minds need to know! I'm sorry I missed that video, I couldn't find the place.
I believe that people are bound to be evil now because we are fallen. That is, unless they are redeemed by accepting the grace offered through Jesus. Sorry, I should have clarified.
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