(December 11, 2024 at 9:36 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote:(December 11, 2024 at 7:33 pm)Sheldon Wrote: Shouldn't you all be just turning the other cheek?
Not at all - neither the Old Testament (quite obviously) nor New Testament ever advocates for allowing evil free reign to do whatever it desires - that is infact a very counter-intuitive expectation.
Isaiah 45:7:
'I form the light and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.'
According to the Old Testament, then, evil is a creation of God. Therefore, not 'allowing evil free reign to do whatever it desires' would be an attempt to pervert one of God's creations, a clear act of blasphemy.
It really doesn't seem as if you've read the Bible at all.
Boru
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