Exam Thoughts

Dearest Evil Ones,

I'm about to read your essays, which is a highlight of my year. I should post grades on Sunday, or Monday at the latest. My toughest assignment is to judge the good work from the exceptional work, because I know that all you created good essays. Now that your exams are complete, please post your thoughts on the exam process. Vent if you like. Add what you thought after you left the room or wish you had time. Did you "like" the exam? Anything is welcome.

Merry Christmas. Happy 2012. I look forward to being part of your most special of semesters.

CC

Present-day Screwtape Letter

I know I'm blowing up the blog here but I keep finding stuff I think we'd all find a little interesting.  If you've got time read this.  It's pretty funny, a little extremist, but funny if you take it with a grain of salt.

http://web.mac.com/r.bryant/Rebecca_Bryant/A_Sampler_of_Articles,_Essays_&_Short_Stories_files/Screwtape.pdf

Funny/Interesting Quote on Evil

I found this looking online for secondary sources:

" 'Pure' evil requires exclusion.  It is evil undiluted, two hundred proof, served in an old fashioned shot glass and taken neat, without a chaser.  It is all evil and nothing but evil, and its impact is unweakened as it ages." 

I thought that was pretty clever and true.  It goes back to what Coach Crook said about the essence of evil being too potent for us to handle.

Heart of Darkness, presence of evil

In the Heart of Darkness discussion paper, Coach Crook told me to blog on how I believed the jungle represented evil. I said that the jungle is the abstract villain that changes good and pure men into evil sinners upon enterin the jungle. What do y'all think about that. Especially Lani. A little birdie told me you would disagree....

The Problem of Evil

So I've been typing in 'evil' into the google search engine, and several websites refer to the logical problem of evil. This list (from wikipedia) tries to rationalize the presence of evil. What do you think about it?

1. God exists.
2. God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good.
3. A perfectly good being would want to prevent all evils.
4. An omniscient being knows every way in which evils can come into existence.
5. An omnipotent being, who knows every way in which an evil can come into existence, has the power to prevent that evil from coming into existence.
6. A being who knows every way in which an evil can come into existence, who is able to prevent that evil from coming into existence, and who wants to do so, would prevent the existence of that evil.
7. If there exists an omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good being, then no evil exists.
8. Evil exists (logical contradiction).