Proving God’s Existence Using Kierkegaard

Having worked through this subject to this point, I think I have stumbled upon what, at least in this case, would be the most correct, all things considered definition I can give as to what constitutes evil. Evil, in the broadest sense, is acting at any time without regard for others involved. If one thinks about the religious tenets, laws, and moral teachings of any society, those acts which are considered evil are all ones which infringe on other peoples’ right to live as they wish, do as they wish, and feel as they wish. It is illegal to commit pedophilia because a child does not yet have the will to choose, nor do they have the power to adequately defend themselves. Murder is a sin in the Christian religion, because it is taking from someone else what does not belong to you, and severely effecting many lives. In many Indian areas, it is illegal to kill a cow, because cows provide labor and forms of nourishment, and so killing it would be stealing it’s owners livelihood. The same goes for theft, rape, kidnapping, you get the point. So to me, evil is the disregard for any aspect of what makes up another creature on this planet’s free will and choice.

So I have my own idea of what evil is, and it is of course independent of what anyone else may think evil is. However, without the idea of some that they can conceive of God, many would be lost to a definition, or perhaps simply not care as to it’s implications, of evil. Religion is good, because though it has caused numerous atrocities throughout history in the name of one the devout believed they understood the will of, on a day to day basis it is the glue which holds together the framework of society. Religion preempts laws of the world, of the countries, of the cities, and of the individual, and very often shapes those smaller guidelines in a positive way. Usually, religion is based on God, and people thinking they know what he/she/it wants, so to maintain religious order, which maintains societies order as a whole, it is important that at least a goodly portion of people believe humans can conceive of God. If everyone followed the more logical path which I do, and realized any higher power to be beyond their own reason, regard for the fellow man would hold less importance in the face of individual personal gain, and the world would go to chum. All and all, then, I believe Kierkegaard’s assumption to be correct, evil to be conditionally defined, faith to be generally quite important, and that my personal views should very much stay that way – and all of this I can say in confidence and, more importantly, good conscience.