Faith is the foundation upon which a belief in God is built. There is no definite scientific evidence concluding that there is in fact a God. That which is of faith is not demonstrable. However, there is no proof against the One either. Therefore, there is no reason to withhold judgement, as do agnostics, because that, in a sense, is rejecting Him claims James William. Interestingly enough, studies have shown that those who show some interest in spiritual health are happier and they live longer than those who do not. People find solace when they attend church functions or ceremonies. It provides for them peace and comfort and it draws them away from their repetitious day to day activities. Knowing that there is something after this lifetime keeps those who have grievances or are

First of all, in order for evil to exist, there must be a presence of goodness to reciprocate it. This “goodness” is most commonly represented as a God. Goodness in a sense created evil and vice versa because without evil, there would be no goodness. If you never experienced evil, you would never know what goodness was. God, however did not create evil, he created goodness. We created evil.

By definition, God is believed to be an omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent being. Omniscient means “all-knowing” and omnipotent means “all-powerful”. If this is the case, He is able to prevent evil in every shape and form. Mackie says, “There are no limits to what an omnipotent being can do, and a good being always eliminates evil as far as it can”. To some it is not fathomable to surmise that a benevolent God could look down upon His people and allow such evil to exist. Why would a God with supreme power not do something about my grandmother and my grandfathers and my uncle dying? There are always unanswered questions and it sometimes seems that we are just helpless human victims.

ill from becoming depressed because they believe that God has them “in the palm of his hand”. Knowing that there is in fact a possibility of a God, we will assume that there is a God or some other spiritual being.

According to my theory, we can eliminate evil as much to our ability and still attain goodness through love. God did not create evil, we did. It is our responsibility to dispatch of it and replace it with love. I believe that this goodness which we experience through our clashes with evil is not the perfect goodness that is meant for us. I believe that if we aim our efforts at loving while learning from our experiences with evil, we can achieve perfect happiness and goodness.

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