I really enjoyed the talk we had today about the Milton poem. There was one passage in particular that he had read aloud in class that compared good and evil to seeds. The overall theme that good cannot exist without evil is a concept that on first glance seems to be obvious, but when you think about it further it becomes a very intriguing topic.
Without an antagonist there would be no need for a protagonist, and therefore there would be no story. Without bad deeds, good deeds would not be good deeds -- only deeds. This begs the question that without Satan, would there be a God? I myself question the existence of a deity -- I disagree with the term "exist" when referring to a all powerful being. If there is a god does he exist, or is there another way to describe this deity's state of being?
That went a little off topic, but i'd like to know if anyone can enlighten me on that. =]
However -- without Satan, would there be a God? As far as I can remember Satan is a fallen angel. He was basically a challenger to the champion of God. God created Satan correct? This line of reasoning brings me to a rather unsettling conclusion. Does good beget evil?
If we look back to the story of Adam and Eve we see that there was no evil and they lived in paradise. So where did this deceiving little serpent come from? Was he an agent of Satan? Did Satan fall before the creation of man? No matter how you look at it, in the end, all is a result of God. Evil had to be created somewhere -- in paradise there was no evil. God didn't tell Adam and Eve to watch out for the snake -- he just told them not to eat from the tree. If God is all knowing, he would have known that Eve would be tempted by the snake and give in and eat the fruit. So God purposely let Evil out into the world? Is evil really a product of good?
Interesting things to think about.
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