RE: Knowing everything and allowing evil
March 14, 2012 at 4:50 am
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2012 at 4:50 am by tackattack.)
I didn't say sin, I said evil. According to scripture,
Isaiah 45:7 (King James Version):
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
If you want to take it figuratively, than the opposite of good (definition of God relative to this instance) would still be bad (practical definition of evil) and still created by God. Sin is based on a rejection of God's will. If you broadly define evil as anything contrary to God/God's will then by existing He created it. In your scenario you are partly responsible for having the gun in the first place as I'm sure someone will point out. Most athesists I've spoken with assume evil is an unnecessary part of creation. I personally don't belive that this is so and I have no problem accepting the Bible's stance that it was created by God. I'm not saying that God tempts men to sin, or can sin, or causes sin. But I can't really jsutify God not creating evil, even just if it's by definition of an objectifiable constant.
Isaiah 45:7 (King James Version):
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
If you want to take it figuratively, than the opposite of good (definition of God relative to this instance) would still be bad (practical definition of evil) and still created by God. Sin is based on a rejection of God's will. If you broadly define evil as anything contrary to God/God's will then by existing He created it. In your scenario you are partly responsible for having the gun in the first place as I'm sure someone will point out. Most athesists I've spoken with assume evil is an unnecessary part of creation. I personally don't belive that this is so and I have no problem accepting the Bible's stance that it was created by God. I'm not saying that God tempts men to sin, or can sin, or causes sin. But I can't really jsutify God not creating evil, even just if it's by definition of an objectifiable constant.
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