Evil and the Confessions of St. Augustine

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 …

…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.