Word: eviler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though, to our conception of knowledge itself. For in such circumstances knowledge ultimately becomes not knowing, but data,entirely severed from human insight and even human use. It is no longer the real and understandable, "Reading Moby Dick makes me wonder about the difference in life between good and evil," but the aimless and synthetic "According to Eselmann (op. cit.) the theme of Moby Dick is good and evil," the sort of reference one can make without even knowing whom to call Ishmael...
...entertaining and engrossing as Star Wars was, its themes had virtually nothing to do with contemporary reality. It represented a world of absolutes, where good and evil fought it out for control of the galaxy. Its hero, the vapid Luke Sykwalker, relied on "The Force"--some ESTian kind of energy source--instead of on his own abilities. It is no wonder that the more self-assured rogue, Han Solo (Harrison Ford), emerged as the true hero of the Star Wars saga. But even he was too good to be true...
...money beyond our means to do so." He may have a point. Opponents voice philosophical and practical objections. Adoption of the amendment, they say, would amount to writing into the Constitution a hotly disputed economic theory, one that posits budget deficits as the root of all fiscal evil. Asserts Political Scientist Norman Ornstein of Catholic University: "The Constitution is not supposed to make economic policy." Some 80 economists, led by Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson, have signed an open letter to members of Congress contending that the amendment would rob the Government of needed flexibility in adjusting spending and tax plans...
...thesis that is at odds with traditional theological concepts of God's nature. Most theologians explain God as a kind of Supreme Governor of the universe, whose control extends to all things, including evil. Says Donald Bloesch, professor of theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary in Iowa: "I believe the biblical God is a God who is all good and all powerful. He imposes a self-limitation on himself, through his love. In and of himself, he is in control. The ultimate explanation of evil is a mystery. God does not cause evil. He takes a risk...
...omnipotence, and this is a radical break with the Jewish past. All the traditional answers say that God is in some way responsible for suffering; Kushner says, 'Maybe he's not.' His position is very problematic as a solution to the problem of evil, and a lot of my students find it very difficult to take. I personally would have trouble gaining comfort and consolation from knowing that randomness was a part of the world...