Order begets disorder?

[blase6]

I came up with this thought a few days ago.

Simple existence is good. From this simple existence (God) comes forth more existing objects which are in order. But as simple objects progress to become more complex they beget disorder, which we call evil. (metaphysical evil or moral evil, or both)

This can be seen in how the death of a living creature is seen as evil. The living creature has an orderly composition of its body (cells, organs, etc.) which interacts with a simple world (a flat plain of grass is where a cow prefers to stay, for example). Say that there is also a cliff nearby. The animal is compelled somehow to be pushed off the cliff and dies. That is the result of simple objects interacting with themselves to produce a complex and disordered result.

So this can be used to explain why God allows evil to exist. God wants things to exist, so he keeps them in existence, but evil necessarily results from simple objects becoming more complex and disordered. Is this a bad understanding or would you agree that it has at least an element of truth?

 

[seagal]

I came up with this thought a few days ago.

Simple existence is good. From this simple existence (God) comes forth more existing objects which are in order.** But as simple objects progress to become more complex they beget disorder, which we call evil**. (metaphysical evil or moral evil, or both)

I see a big problem right here. This statement seems to relieve the more complex objects (by which I assume you mean human beings since lower animals don’t have a moral imperative) from any responsibility for the evil they do.

This can be seen in how the death of a living creature is seen as evil.

The death of any and all living creatures? We cause the death of animals that we use for food, that is not evil.

So this can be used to explain why God allows evil to exist. God wants things to exist, so he keeps them in existence, but evil necessarily results from simple objects becoming more complex and disordered.

According to the Catholic understanding, God allows evil to exist because he gave us free will and we suffer (or enjoy) the natural consequences of using our free will.

Is this a bad understanding or would you agree that it has at least an element of truth?

I would say this is not a good understanding. As I said above, it seems to take all responsibility away from those who actively cause evil. Evil is not an entity in and of itself. IMHO

 

[GEddie]

Disorder is the result of the law of entropy; that is not morally evil per se.

Biological life, including our human bodies, is impossible without entropy-driven chemistry.

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