as Augustine and Bernard were trying to show, evil is the absence or perversion of good, not a power in its own right.
Presumably Augustine was reacting against his youthful follies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism) ... have you ever read James Blish's A Case of Conscience, which considers this question?
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Date: 2008-10-07 08:16 pm (UTC)Presumably Augustine was reacting against his youthful follies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism) ... have you ever read James Blish's A Case of Conscience, which considers this question?