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Winter
Quarter
LESSON
1
The
Problem
of
Evil
There
is
physical
evil
(
Suffering,
Death
),
and
moral
evil
(
Sin
)
in
the
universe.
Why?
Is
God
the
author
of
sin
and
evil?
Or
is
sin
beyond
God's
control?
MH
410
-
411;
Gen.
Conf.
Bulletin,
March
6,
1889
(
Cady
979
);i
4
T
424
(
Cady
1367
)i
90
PP
596
(
Cady
980
).
LESSON
II
Theories
Opposing
the
Truth
about
the
Origin
of
Evil
1.
Ancient
pagan
doctrine
of
a
"finite"
God
(
revived
in
modern
times
by
J.
S.
Mill,
william
James,
H.
G.
Wells,
and
the
Humanists
),
that
matter
has
always
existed,
and
that
it
is
intrinsically
evil;
that
God
is
doing
the
best
He
can
to
manage
it,
but
can't
eliminate
its
intrinsic
evil.
2.
Another
ancient
teaching
(
Manichaeism
),
that
there
are
two
eternal,
antagonistic
spirits
or
principles,
the
Good
and
the
Bvil.
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Both
these
forms
of
Dualism
are
antagonistic
to
the
Bible.
Strong,
378
-
3083.
The
modern
doctrine
of
organic
evolution
is
founded
(
implicitly
)
on
the
first
of
these
forms
of
Dualism.
LESSON
III
The
Origin
of
Evil
(
Continued
)
Read
"Back
to
the
Bible,”
95
=
101;
124,
128,
129.
"Modern
Discoveries
Which
Help
Us
to
Believe,"
156
-
159.
LESSON
IV
The
Origin
of
Evil
(
Continued
)
GC
492
-
504
PP
33-43