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 …showed first 75 words of 856 total…

…showed last 75 words of 856 total…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.