Can you say more ill?

Is it grammatical to say ill, iller, illest? Yes indeed. The general rule is this: if you have a one-syllable adjective, it gets -er and -est; if it’s more than two, it gets “more” and “most.” Two-syllable words can go either way. “Ill” only has one syllable, so it properly takes the suffix.

What is superlative of evil?

evil (comparative eviller or eviler or more evil, superlative evillest or evilest or most evil)

How old is the word evil?

“Evil,” written as yfel in Old English, was definitively recorded as a noun around the year 825 and as an adjective in 897, according to citations in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Is it more evil or Eviler?

Comparative form of evil: more evil.

What causes evil?

Definitions of evil vary, as does the analysis of its motives. Elements that are commonly associated with personal forms of evil involve unbalanced behavior including anger, revenge, hatred, psychological trauma, expediency, selfishness, ignorance, destruction and neglect.

Is God willing to prevent evil?

An important statement of the problem of evil, attributed to Epicurus, was cited by the Scottish philosopher David Hume in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779): “Is [God] willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent.

Can God and evil coexist?

(16) It is not possible for God and evil to co-exist. The logical problem of evil claims that God’s omnipotence, omniscience and supreme goodness would completely rule out the possibility of evil and that the existence of evil would do the same for the existence of a supreme being.

What are the two types of evil?

There are two main types of evil:

Moral evil – This covers the willful acts of human beings (such as murder, rape, etc.)
Natural evil – This refers to natural disasters (such as famines, floods, etc.)

Why does evil exist if there is God?

God created the world good, and He created humans to do good. However, He also gave humans the ability to choose, known as free will. This means that even though humans were created to do good, they can also choose to do the opposite of good, what we have termed evil.

Why does evil and suffering exist?

The existence of evil and suffering is important because it can cause problems for Christians’ belief in God. God is described as all-loving, as stated in Psalms 103:8: The Lord is compassionate and gracious. Some Christians cannot believe that an omnibenevolent God would design a world full of natural evils.

Why did God give us choices?

God gives us the free choice and free will to live our lives the way we desire. That gift of freedom is the greatest gift that he can give. God wants us to choose, because we love him and want to obey him, to make our decisions within the overall blueprint of his will.

What is the problem of free will?

The idea that the future is already determined, either by a creator deity decreeing or knowing its outcome in advance. The problem of free will, in this context, is the problem of how our actions can be free if there is a being who has determined them for us in advance, or if they are already set in time.

Who created free will?

Many scholars see Alexander as the first unambiguously ‘libertarian’ theorist of the will (for more information about such theories see section 2 below). Augustine (354–430) is the central bridge between the ancient and medieval eras of philosophy.

What are examples of free will?

Free will is the idea that we are able to have some choice in how we act and assumes that we are free to choose our behavior, in other words we are self determined. For example, people can make a free choice as to whether to commit a crime or not (unless they are a child or they are insane).

How important is free will to ethics or morality?

Free Will describes our capacity to make choices that are genuinely our own. With free will comes moral responsibility – our ownership of our good and bad deeds. Philosophers also argue that it would be unjust to blame someone for a choice over which they have no control.