Hick offers many interesting perspectives on evil and why exactly it exists. However, for some people, like Augustine, it almost seems too good to be true. There are many theologians, and even non-theologians, who will say that evil is a necessary part of life. Augustine began to examine the idea of evil and came to the conclusion that we must give an explanation to the existence of evil, or we must accept that God created evil and therefore is also partly evil. Evil is usually associated with nothingness and destruction. Augustine believes that if we say that evil is on the same level as good in the world, then we also say that being and non-being coexist. This idea is seemingly impossible. Augustine presents an idea in the Manual on Faith, Hope and Love that I found particularly interesting. Him
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