RE: If God created all the good things around us then it means he created all EVIL too
January 25, 2017 at 2:21 pm
The mental gymnastics on this page are just fabulous! They should put Christian apologists in the Olympics because these guys have some moves! Unfortunately, different apologists are saying diametrically opposing things.
One side is saying that evil is the absence of good. Well how does that work?
I do only good things, I am good.
I do only bad things, I am bad.
I do no good nor bad things, I am bad.
I do both good and bad things, I am bad.
Yeah, that says babies are going to Hell. We're all total pricks while we're sleeping, apparently. Seriously, it's like talking to Santa Bot from Futurama. "Mobsters beating up a shopkeeper for protection money: very naughty. Shopkeeper's not paying their protection money: exactly as naughty." Never mind the need to beg for forgiveness for sin, described in the Bible as a "stain" (Jeremiah 2:22). While the heat and light analogies work perfectly if not questioned you'd be hard pressed to find something that will cause a stain in its absence.
And then there's the other camp. Evil is a real thing which God "allows". But it wasn't created! Oh no, God didn't create it so, technically it doesn't exist, but God allows it...so, technically it exists... Anyway, he would rather have evil and free will than no evil and no free will! That makes the universe better! Well, until he defeats Satan for all time, removing the influence of evil on people, completely eliminating evil and, thus, the free will which he holds in such high regard when all his people go to Heaven. So Heaven is...bad, I guess? Good thing for all those Hell bound little babies!
One side is saying that evil is the absence of good. Well how does that work?
I do only good things, I am good.
I do only bad things, I am bad.
I do no good nor bad things, I am bad.
I do both good and bad things, I am bad.
Yeah, that says babies are going to Hell. We're all total pricks while we're sleeping, apparently. Seriously, it's like talking to Santa Bot from Futurama. "Mobsters beating up a shopkeeper for protection money: very naughty. Shopkeeper's not paying their protection money: exactly as naughty." Never mind the need to beg for forgiveness for sin, described in the Bible as a "stain" (Jeremiah 2:22). While the heat and light analogies work perfectly if not questioned you'd be hard pressed to find something that will cause a stain in its absence.
And then there's the other camp. Evil is a real thing which God "allows". But it wasn't created! Oh no, God didn't create it so, technically it doesn't exist, but God allows it...so, technically it exists... Anyway, he would rather have evil and free will than no evil and no free will! That makes the universe better! Well, until he defeats Satan for all time, removing the influence of evil on people, completely eliminating evil and, thus, the free will which he holds in such high regard when all his people go to Heaven. So Heaven is...bad, I guess? Good thing for all those Hell bound little babies!
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