Leibniz

I felt that this weeks reading was incredibly thought provoking, and that is something that I really enjoy.  There is one thing in the reading that I am sure I disagree with, however. I do not think that God created sin for sin's sake and that God is the source for evil. Sin is simply the absence of God, just as darkness is the absence of light. Light did not create the dark, rather, when light is not present darkness is. We were created as people who have the ABILITY to sin, and who sin because we are imperfect. However, we also have free will, and the will to choose God, or choose sin. One thing that made me think was whether sin is necessary in the world. Without sin, would life be boring? Would there be any point to living? I don't think that sin is good and that we NEED it, but again, it gives us the ability to have a choice in the matter. And you know what- I am a Catholic who loves her faith, but I am just going to come right out and say it- sinning can be fun. That's what temptation is. But a life without sin isn't uninteresting. It's just a different kind of fun based on values and morals.