A Response to Graham Pemberton on the Problem of Evil
Graham Pemberton has again posed some deep and difficult questions about traditional Christian teaching, this time on the subject of evil. The question is: is God good, or evil, or both? Graham calls on several writers in asking the question, but his focus is on Carl Jung and Jung’s metaphysical and theological thoughts on God related to his understanding of the human experience.
Following Jung, Graham quotes a writer with whom it appears he agrees that God’s unity includes him being all-good AND all-evil. Graham ends his thoughtful post with:
“That is an important question for Christians to contemplate.”
Indeed. A very important and difficult question. As he knows that I self-identify as a more-or-less traditional Christian believer, I will contemplate and offer my thoughts. More importantly, I will offer thoughts of Christian thinkers far more competent than I to respond.
I share Graham’s strong interest in Carl Jung, although to a lesser degree. I have found Jung’s thoughts on synchronicities, archetypes, dreams and the Unus Mundus (one world) most interesting and helpful. (I have written extensively on dual aspect monism, a belief system developed by Jung and Pauli in what is called the Pauli-Jung Conjecture.) Jung’s meditation on the Book of Job is also very interesting…
