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 ]