God as Necessary Being and Source of Goodness: Six Other Responses to the Epicurean Paradox in the Biblical and Quranic Contexts.

Abstract

Is God a necessary being and spring of goodness? Many people become adherents of the Holy Bible and/or the Holy Quran through their diverse faiths, actuations and/or religions. The Holy Bible and the Holy Quran were carefully studied in this work. In the course of the study, six responses for the Epicurean paradox were found. Textual analysis was used as a methodology to describe and interpret the content, structure, and functions of the messages contained in various texts The paper aimed to fully answer and give definite responses to what may be a challenging “Epicurean paradox”. A believers life rests on God's purpose and starts with the mission of connecting the virtue ethics of faith, hope and agape as tools in achieving completeness as a human being. This entirety of a believers life is a completer consciousness of human excellence in the Kingdom of God and the inspiring spirit behind God's acts of redemption. The goodness of God is not only an attribute of God but a initial truth every believer ought to embrace.

Keywords

• Evil
• goodness
• Holy Bible
• Holy Quran
• life