Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Can A Philosophical Question Ever Be Answered?

This is in response to Jenny Beers question, "What is one philosophical question that you think can be answered and what is one that can never be?"

The philosophical question that I believe will one day be answered is "What is good and what is evil?". In my opinion, no one is innately good or evil. Good and evil arise with intentions. If someone intentionally commits an action that is positive in manner, then the person is said to have done a good dead. Yet, if someone intentionally acts maliciously, that person is said to have an evil disposition. Good and evil, just as right and wrong, are often matters of opinion. Someone can have evil thoughts and commit evil actions, but the person himself is neither good nor evil.  Good and evil do not exist naturally; they are the creation of the human mind.

The philosophical question that I believe will never be answered is whether there is a God. It is impossible to prove rationally something that is contingent on faith. The supernatural, such as God and the Devil, does not exist in the natural world. One cannot scientifically prove that there is a God because there is not a method of how to go about proving God's existence. The concept of God is so much greater than anything human beings can conceptualize. It would take something beyond the powers of the human mind to validate the existence of a higher power.

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