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Inherent in the Judeo-Christian world view is a flawed metaphysical proposition which is scantly explored. As most believers of this world view will tell you, God is the supreme, all knowing, good, wise and only god. While the concept of monotheism was never derived from the Judeo-Christian world, it also doesn’t exist if you apply some simple reasoning to the propositions offered in the bible.

The fundamental tenant in the bible is that there is only one god, which through the use of man and his son (if you apply the New Testament), has passed on teachings on how to live a proper life, and reach the kingdom of heaven (return to the father). All this time, god is engage in a war over mans soul with a fallen angel Lucifer, also known as the devil. Lucifer represents an evil force, which is here to tempt man and sway him to reside in his kingdom (hell), instead of the father’s kingdom (heaven).

The problem with this world view is that it creates a dualism, and NOT a monotheistic world view. You now have two opposing forces, competing for some object (mans soul), thus you either have two gods, OR evil does no truly exist. You cannot apply properties to God, such as goodness, while in the same breath say that god is one, BUT an evil exist. Either this evil is separate from God, and thus creates two gods, or God is not indeed good. These points of course have been addressed to Christian scholars before, but in my searching, never properly addressed, and rarely discussed by laymen.

Here’s the argument for simplicities sake:

God is a ONE and is Good. (These two terms have to be shown to also be one in order for god to be one)

Satan is ONE and is Evil.
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Thus you have 3 conclusions:
1) God is the Supreme being and Satan (evil) does not exist.
2) Satan is the Supreme being and God (Good) does not exist.
3) God and Satan are equal and there are two opposing forces.

Conclusion 1
Obviously if you choose conclusion one, then the inherent problem becomes, what is the role of Satan then according to the Bible, and where did Satan come from? He could not have come from God, because good is wise and good, and basic reason tells us that an evil can not come from a good.

Conclusion 2
If you proceed with this conclusion, then there truly is no good. Satan is the supreme creator, and God’s role is a mere fairly tale for children.

Conclusion 3
This conclusion leads us to the problem of having two gods and not one wise, supreme, and good god. We now have two competing gods with vastly different agendas for the fate of man.


There is of course the famous dark/light analogy so often offered when exploring the concept of good vs. evil. The analogy basically states that while light reigns supreme over darkness, the darkness exists in the light, but is not of the light. It’s a flawed analogy that gives away its problem in the last part of the previous sentence. If the darkness is not of the light, then what is its source? Furthermore, from a purely scientific perspective, only light exists in our universe and darkness is measured in degrees of the lack of light.

This leads me into a more sound and complete metaphysical world view, one which comes from classical philosophy. Instead of having two competing forces, a classic philosophical approach to monotheism states that there is ONE god (which is good), and like a thermometer, degrees of goodness that relate directly to the participation with that God. Thus you have a range of goodness, from the good to bad. Bad is understood perceptually by the individual based on a fragment of time (incomplete information), and thus is bound within a time/space conclusion of bad, but may indeed still be good.