Why did God create Evil?

[pineapplebunnybounce]

Lol. At least you're honest. Well have fun with making things up, I'll leave you kids alone now.

[thepractice]

If good cannot exist without evil, then god wasn't all good prior to creating us, was he? Because that is impossible. So god isn't all good all the time. He at least had to be evil back when he was all alone. So after creating us, he gives us the burden of having to deal with evil so that he can wash his hands of it? Lol and you worship this thing?

Is the sun evil because it shines on (and gives energy to) evil creatures?

[Chad32]

The sun is a thing. Not a person.

The only requirement to get into heaven is to give yourself to Yahweh. Jesus says deeds are good too, but the bible also says your good deeds are like filthy rags. Chances are, Hitler is in heaven because he believed he was doing Yahweh's work.

All you need is to be a christian, but since there are tens of thousands of different denominations, there's a very vague view of what you really need to do. aside from just believe in Jesus or Yahweh.

[pineapplebunnybounce]

He has already admitted that all of this is pure speculation. It's like arguing over comic book characters but slightly less significant because none of these speculations are even published.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

So you've been there and tested the air?

I'm just speculating of course, like everyone else.

Actually we're not speculating, we're just asking why we should believe your speculations.

[thepractice]

The sun is a thing. Not a person.

The only requirement to get into heaven is to give yourself to Yahweh. Jesus says deeds are good too, but the bible also says your good deeds are like filthy rags. Chances are, Hitler is in heaven because he believed he was doing Yahweh's work.

All you need is to be a christian, but since there are tens of thousands of different denominations, there's a very vague view of what you really need to do. aside from just believe in Jesus or Yahweh.

Those requirements are ridiculous and I think you would agree with me here since you describe yourself as an anti-theist.

"You've made your bed, now lie in it." If an afterlife exists, it is built up of what we do here.

[Chad32]

Yes they are ridiculous, but that's what the bible says. What we do here is is second to the idea that we believe in the proper deity. Whether our actions matter at all is up for debate when we can just ask for forgiveness and get it regardless of what we do.

[truthBtold]

Do we still have the ability to think, move, and act freely in heaven? If so, what keeps evil out of heaven? If not, what part of us still remains? Why would I want to go to heaven if I have to be lobotomized to do so?

People are free to do as they will in heaven. People in heaven want to to good though. That's why they're in heaven, or that is where heaven is. Evil people are kept out of heaven because the atmosphere is noxious to them.

your first mistake is that u need to prove theres a heaven. And then explain how you know that evil people are not in heaven..

[Chad32]

I believe the vast majority of people on Earth want to do good anyway. It's just that different people have different oinions about what is good.

[Godscreated]

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How can an all-powerful (and good) God can allow evil to exist? If God is good, how can he will evil? If he is not good, how is he God? This paradox has perplexed critical thinkers though the ages. For many, it has been a stumbling block to religion. Some believers choose to ignore the problem because of its apparent insolubility.

For the purposes of this discussion, think of God as the Creator. Clearly, the creation is a mix of good and evil. In life, there are joys and sorrows, love and anger. But God is considered to be all good in himself.

Many have said that evil exists, but is not promoted by God. For example, when a person commits a spiteful act, he is drawing evil to himself and God plays no part. Good, on the other hand, is promoted by God so that evil is attributable to the creature and good to God.

Why would an all-powerful God need to "promote" anything? Because people have free will and they can choose to draw near to or away from God. Why would God create people with free will? Because God created people in his own likeness, and God himself has free will.

Thus, one answer to the question, "Why did God create Evil?" begins to take shape. God created a world in which people could act freely- love freely, think freely, create feely. That is, God created a world in which his creation could act like he does. As much is put in the serpent's mouth when he tempts Eve: "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Gen 3:5). In case you think this argument is blasphemous, consider Jesus' words in defense of the charges of blasphemy leveled against him by the Pharisees: "Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS '?" (John 10:34).

Without evil, is there good? No, because the concepts are relative to each other. The presence of evil allows for the manifestation of good, that is, the manifestation of God.

But still, how can God be thought of as all-good given the existence of evil in his creation? Consider the sun. It is the source and sustainer of all life on earth. Because of the sun, people love and have children (without the sun, this could not happen). But also because of the sun, people murder and torture each other. And yet the sun is unquestionably good. God is like the sun, "He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." (Mathew 5:45)

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God did not create evil, where did you get such an idea.

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