The Problem of Evil

From these considerations we conclude that most likely those who firmly maintain that god exists will be forced into impiety: for if they say that he takes care of everything, they will be saying that god is the cause of evils, while if they say that he takes care of some things only or even [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57-08:00May 17th, 2016|Julian Caballero, Quotes|

Graduation Poem: “Hands”

Source: Donato, Amber Prison Have you ever found yourself just looking at your hands? Marveling at the beauty, simplicity, utility, and the fleshly humanity of them? You take your hands through your entire life. The hand that touched your mothers breast while nursing is the same hand that you hold a cigarette with, is [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57-08:00March 30th, 2016|LIOS, Poetry, Saybrook University|

Good and Evil

Image Source: The Flight Into Egypt Seneca shares with us in this quote his own perspective of Good and Evil. Seneca shifts how we define good and evil, but his definition doesn't really embrace the experience of pain. "But why," you ask, "does God sometimes allow evil to befall good men?" Assuredly he does not. [...]

2019-10-05T16:57:57-08:00March 20th, 2016|Quotes|