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A 5 page exploration of the differences in the way these religions view the human condition as it relates to the questions of why there is evil in the world and how to go about resolving that evil. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Neopaganism differ tremendously in the way that they view the human condition as it relates to the questions of why there is evil in the world (theodicy) and how to
go about resolving that evil (soteriology). Despite the many differences in the way the view the world and our place in that world, however, both of these religions seek
to better the human condition. The methods that they employ to do so are far more similar than they are dissimilar.
Christianity, of course, approaches the question of the human condition as it relates to theodicy and soteriology from the perspective that there is one God and the solution to
all of our problems lies with that God. Neopaganism, on the other hand, views the worlds problems from the perspective of a world that is ruled not by one
god but by many. Despite the fact that the rituals and even the goals of the two religions can be quite similar it is important to distinguish between the
ideological differences that determine how these people address the wrongs that they see in the world. Christians view the human condition as being
integrally tied with the fact that we were created in the image of God. While we sometimes have many questions, Smedes (vii) assures us that there is a God
and that our moral behavior assures that we are "in harmony with Gods design for our humanity". Unfortunately, our humanness often is associated with the more negative aspects of
our existence. The Christian God is believed, for example, to have actually allowed sin into the world (Stackhouse 90). To Christians there is not, however, a contradiction between
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