05-31-2016, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Thomas Aquinas On The Problem of Evil
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Well, I'd rather not hear the theories of a Roman Catholic Priest. There's way too much bias involved. Plus his explanation comes off as making excuses for God choosing not to get involved.
Aquinas also said this: (didn't God say Thou Shalt Not Kill?)
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With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith that quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death. On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy, which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition", as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death.
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I found this on a Christian Apologist website.
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Why does God allow Pain and Suffering:
To serve as a warning
Evil and suffering in the world can serve as a warning against breaking God's law, and then people can see the necessity of following God's truth. God's ways are right and good, and following them leads to security and safety. The consequences of disobeying God's Word are manifested in suffering. Therefore, suffering in the world easily serves as a demonstration of the need to follow God's Words, thereby vindicating what God has said.
To make a point
It is possible that God is simply allowing evil and suffering in the world to prove that rebellion against Him brings pain and suffering. God may be allowing sin to take its natural course in the world so that on the day of judgment God can say, "Do you see what rebellion against my words brings?" This may seem overly simplistic, but it may prove to be one of the reasons that God allows pain and suffering.
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A couple of the reasons I can't get on board with the dude. Seems both insecure and egotistical from where I'm standing.
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