Becoming Evil

It seems so much theologising today is about escaping ontology. The world (in Western civilisation) has for so long been seen as a concrete, set thing, the 'way it is', or a creational structure. Now, theology is trying to escape these attempts, because we've discovered it doesn't work (or that we don't like where it leads). Theology now is concerned with be(com)ing. But as we build up this new way of thinking, talking, perceiving, we keep finding there are parts of our theory that are left as ontology.

Process theology has allowed the universe to be in a state of becoming, along with God. I've not yet found a theory of the trinity that is in a state of becoming, so that may be a future project (for someone else?). But this post is triggered by reading Jürgen Moltmann and somewhat Barry Allen (the philosopher, not the superhero).

Moltmann ontologises evil. He puts is there at the 'start', as an original part of the cosmos (almost prior to creation itself!) So my attempt now will be trying to put evil in a state of becoming.

There are many types of evil in the world, many manifestations of it. Before technological civilisation, there were less manifestations. Before humans, with their artifacts, there were less still. Before animal consciousness, there were less again. Manifestations of evil, by how I'm describing them, are to do with failing to respond to our calling, with the shirking of responsibility, with the exploitation of something that should not be exploited.

For example, it was only possible for a human to kill 100 people in a minute once explosives or machine guns were invented. It has only become possible to wipe out life on earth since the nuclear bomb. It has only become possible in the last few years to make money on such a large scale from videoing the rape of girls (through the internet). It is not yet possible (as far as I know) for humans to create a temporary black hole on the surface of the planet to completely annihilate an enemy (or whatever).

"With great power comes great responsibility." With only a little power, there's only a little. I can't be too angry at a rock in my front garden for the war in Iraq (at least, it would be unjust if I were). So, taking a somewhat big-bang-type theory, I can say that there was only a little responsibility that those initial photons were called to (I believe God's call is for all of creation). Therefore, there were not many, or at least not big, manifestations of evil. Those have increased with increased complexity.

The universe is learning what it does not like. In a similar way that humans find things they do not like (slavery, murder, rape, etc.), the universe is discovering those things too. Moving towards an eschatology, the new creation will be when the universe has got rid of those things.

Of course, there are problems with this, and I can think of a few immediately.
1) Does the universe need to discover every kind of evil before the new creation? As if there's a finite list? Because I don't want to make evil infinite, but I think I might be.
2) Have I just ontologised vulnerability, by making this the initial origin, the starting point for the universe?
3) Have I equated 'Evil' with 'Manifestations of Evil', and can this be done?

That'll do for now. Thanks for reading, I know it was rather long.