Evil and the Confessions of St. Augustine
Date Submitted: 11/08/2003 20:06:54
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 3 pages (856 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 3 pages (856 words)
Brett Walter
HUM 205
Paper # 9
Evil and the
Confessions of St. Augustine:
Aurelius Augustine lived from 354 -430 A.D. During his life, Augustine introduced some extremely important philosophical ideas with regards to these concepts of evil. These concepts were introduced in a direct defense of the Christian faith.
Prior to St. Augustine's time, many philosophers questioned the picture of evil
painted by the Christians. This picture portrayed evil as a being generated in a world which …
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…in nature. Since God has granted each of us the gift of free will he has left it entirely up to us whether or not to have faith in Him. In closing, I leave you with a question to think about. What if evil is nothing more than a carefully created force to leave doubt in the minds of all those who experience the melting pot of good and evil, most commonly known as life.
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