Archive for May, 2009
Examples of Evil: Forseen and Unforseen
Unlike sin, evil is alarming. It is alarming because it emerges unexpectedly in unanticipated ways and from unforeseen people. The post I present is a paper representing a potential part of a sermon. The practitioners of evil range from those guilty of genocide in Rwanda and the world community allowing the genocide to happen, to [...]
Sin Versus Evil
Sin and evil arguably remain the most complex aspects of theology to flesh out. In my opinion, clergy use the two interchangeably, which I believe is a mistake. In a theology of the divine spark, I attempt to differentiate sin from evil. This differentiation results from a basic premise: all people are sinful whereas a [...]