(May 19, 2011 at 4:01 pm)Nimzo Wrote:(May 19, 2011 at 3:31 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: If A created everything and B exists, then A created B.Firstly, that is not a Law of Logic, but a syllogism. Secondly, it is a non-sequitur because you are equivocating "things" and "things that exist". The text (at least our ye olde King James Version) does not say God created all things that exist. It says God created "all things". Since evil is not a "thing", but a moral property, you will need to search a bit harder for your elusive Law of Logic.
If God created all things, all things are ultimately attributable to God. God created a "thing" with a choice. The choice to do evil, a moral property as you put it, is God given. Evil would not exist if God had not created "things" with choices (i.e. free will). Your God is responsible for evil, as it is a consequence of His creation.
If God is all-knowing, we were no experiment. God has no need for experiments. God deliberately created a "flawed" being and all the evil that goes with it.
There is no escaping this. You worship a God that set the conditions for failure. Very strange.
