Subj : Knowledge of Good & E 2/2
To   : KEVIN GIBSON
From : LEE LOFASO
Date : Sun Jul 22 2001 08:29 am

>>> Continued from previous message
If one takes the former view, then good cannot come of evil, being
that our Creator is all-good and all-powerful.  But if one takes the
latter view, being that man is evil but capable of doing good, well,
even Hitler did *some* good things.  Certainly the Devil is capable
of doing good works, if only to deceive.

>LL>If so, that would seem to contradict the original premise that God
>LL>is the source of all good.  But yet, we know that evil exists.

KG>You've lost me.

What is the origin of evil?  Did God create evil?  Or is the origin
of evil to be found elsewhere?  If God created evil, then that would
imply that God is not all-good and all-powerful.  And if God is not
all-good and all-powerful, then God is not God.

>LL>To answer those questions, and more, one can look to philosophers
>LL>such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Descartes, Carneades, and Nietzche. Each
>LL>of those philosophers had a different way of viewing good and evil
>LL>(reserving comment until next message...).

KG>Ah, you'd be welcome as a member of the "Dead Philosophers Society."

Would that be an "honorary" member, or a full-fledged member?  <g>

--Lee


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