(May 18, 2011 at 1:22 pm)Skipper Wrote:
I know that's the usual drivel they spit around, including most here, "man created sin" etc, but Proverbs 16:4 says god created "all things" even evil. But I came across this verse that I had never seen before so I thought I'd post it for a discussion also I really want to see how they try and explain it away (with claims of "out of context" no doubt)
This sums my feelings on the topic quite well:
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?”
-Epicurus
Not to mention sadistic if he (and I agree that sin and evil counts to the "everything") created evil and sin. (Does anyone remember who said that God is the most obnoxious character in fictional literature?)
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
