What is (the) Good? – pt 1

This weekend has brought up some interesting discussions about the problem of evil. One of my dearest friends validly, I think, questioned the assumed connection in perfect being philosophy between the all powerful/all good god and its consequent “necessity” to act in all situations so as to avoid impunity. Of course this is where the criticism comes in and the existence of the christian god is denied due to the existence of senseless evil in the world. If the connection is invalid, the “problem” falls flat on its face.

Paul Draper on Divine Hiddenness

On the recommendation of Exapologist I checked out Paul Draper’s essay in “Divine Hiddenness: New Essays.” It wasa very good read in a very promising book. I look forward to reading the other essays and writing a brief review. I chose to read Draper’s essay first and found his agnostic stance to be intriguing.

Remnant Ideology and Majority Constituency

It seems common to many groups of religious and institutionalized theoretical or ideological belief to eventually have a Purist strain. As with most of life accretions, developments and adaptations occur, wanted or unwanted. A similar counterbalance, or antithesis, occurs which attempts to “correct” the developments through either reform or revolution. As an outcome a new state is attained with resemblances to the former state corresponding to the degree of reform or revolt. I believe this Hegelian dialectic of history is representative of much of religious history.