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Peter Kreeft is a renowned American philosopher, theologian, and author. Born in 1937, he is known for his contributions to Christian philosophy and logic. Professor Kreeft has taught at several prestigious universities, including Princeton University and the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught philosophy and theology. His extensive body of work covers a wide range of topics from ethics to religious philosophy.

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“God wants us to worry about our sins before we sin; the devil wants us to worry after we sin. God wants us to feel free after we repent (for we really are free then); the devil is a deceiver). The devil tempts us to cavalier pride before we sin and worrisome despair afterward, since pride and despair both separate us from God, and anything that separates us from God is the devil's friend and our enemy, while anything that brings us close to God is the devil's enemy and our friend.”

God Faith Evil Prayer Sin Enemy

Book:Prayer for Beginners

Source: Prayer for Beginners

“No sane person wants hell to exist. No sane person wants evil to exist. But hell is just evil eternalized. If there is evil and if there is eternity, there can be hell. If it is intellectually dishonest to disbelieve in evil just because it is shocking and uncomfortable, it is the same with hell. Reality has hard corners, surprises, and terrible dangers in it. We desperately need a true road map, not nice feelings, if we are to get home. It is true, as people often say, that "hell just feels unreal, impossible." Yes. So does Auschwitz. So does Calvary.”

Source: Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Appologetics

“You have an evil twin who is always with you. He is called your ego.”

Evil Ego Twins Always With You

Author:Peter Kreeft

“The best answer to the problem of evil is not one so much found on paper but on wood.”

Problem Evil Found Answers Paper Woods Problem Of Evil

Author:Peter Kreeft

“It is said that there are three sources of evil, "the world, the flesh, and the Devil"; but the world and the flesh would be innocent were it not for the Devil.”

World Said Would Be Three Evil Source Devil Flesh Innocent

Book:Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

Source: Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

“Cats don't need to be possessed; they're evil on their own.”

Needs Evil Cat Possessed

Author:Peter Kreeft

“If God is the Creator of all things and evil is a thing, then God is the Creator of evil and He is to be blamed for its existence. No, evil is not a thing but a wrong choice, or the damage done by a wrong choice. Evil is no more a positive thing than blindness is, but it is just as real.”

Ifs Real Done Choices Evil Existence All Things Creator Damage Blindness Positive Things Wrong Choices

Book:Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics

Source: Fundamentals of the Faith: Essays in Christian Apologetics

“It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil.”

Evil Justice Mercy Defeat Heroism

Book:The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings

Source: The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings

“The church is: a conspiracy of love for a dying world, a spy mission into enemy occupied territory ruled by the powers of evil; a prophet from God with the greatest news the world has ever heard, the most life changing and most revolutionary institution that has existed on earth.”

World Earth Christian Evil Church Enemy Heard Dying News Institutions Missions Revolutionary Life Changing Prophet Territory Conspiracy Spy

Author:Peter Kreeft

“God created the possibility of evil; people actualized that potentiality. The source of evil is not God's power but mankind's freedom. Even an all-powerful God could not have created a world in which people had genuine freedom and yet there was no potentiality for sin, because our freedom includes the possibility of sin within its own meaning.”

People World Evil Sin Powerful Mankind Possibility Source Genuine Evil People Powerful God Evil And Suffering

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“The most striking feature if this map is the stark fat of the Two Roads. There is the road that leads to Life, and there is the road that leads to Death. There is Good, and there is Evil. There is Right and there is Wrong.”

Ifs Two Evil Virtue Fats Features Maps Piety Starks Two Roads

Author:Peter Kreeft

“Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's just nature doing what it does”

Ifs Doe Evil Standards Judgement Good And Evil

Author:Peter Kreeft

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Born: 1937
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The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves ExcellingRelated source material

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