Thursday, October 21, 2010

Playing logician

The theory of theodicy is a dicey divine discrepancy. As we've learned from Frye, "All literature is displaced myth." The concept of theodicy is, mythologically speaking, God's permittance of suffering. But is suffering a force of [Mother] nature or an act of the God(s)? Or is a "bad day" considered suffering? Let's say that a bad day is, yes in fact, a case of suffering; although, "bad day" is a restrictive variable. Consider the billions of people who use a vast variety of calendars to live by and around, and they probably have bad days, too. Whatever calender is in play, "bad day" may be interpreted as a period time experienced by one (or more) whom were smote by God. Realistically speaking, if [whoever] has a bad day then an act of theodicy should be considered a plausible cause? Yes. Over this relative increment of time a person is experiencing theodicy. Moreover, we must consider the alternative notion of bad luck.

Consider these variables and equalities thus far (warning: forgive all unbelievable equalities)
S=Suffering or Smite
M=force of [Mother] nature
G=act of the God(s) T=S&G if G then S G=~M
B=Bad Luck B=M B=~G if ~G then ~S
T=Theodicy D=T if ~G&~S then ~T ~T=~D
D=Bad Day

I see (many) flaws in my logic. Wouldn't you consider bad luck to be the potential cause of a bad day; that is, it is as plausible a theory as theodicy? Yes. Thus, B=D. But D=T. Therefore, bad luck is equal to theodicy. This can go anywhere if we change variables values. For example, if D=T then T=M. This is debatable. The only problem present is that I believe that luck doesn't have much to do with the divine. It's more a force of nature. Theodicy just seems to cover all of everything when we're regarding mythology as a pertinent source of societal value. The Bible is one of these pertinent sources, too. We believe in concepts such as theodicy because of Biblical stories such as Job. Ol' average-Job as Plotz would say. This guy is subject to Satan and the Lord's scheming, but was he a victim of bad luck or theodicy? It's a matter of subjective belief.

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