Quote: With this knowledge, don't you think that at the least, he should not condemn us in the way that he PROMISES in retaliation to our evilness?? Since after all, he gave us evilness.
I understand. If we were given evil to begin with, then we would be blameless before him. He would not be able to condemn us.
From my understanding however, God did not create evil. He created everything and called it "good." It was only when the good was misused that it became "evil." I see that God created it as the "capacity" for evil to exist.
For instance, I have the opportunity to do an evil. I can go and punch a baby. If I do it, I have done an evil, however, before doing so I had the capacity to create this evil. The evil did not exist per se before I punched the baby, however, there was still the capacity to do this evil.
Maybe it is the same way with God. God does not create evil, rather, he gives us free will and when we wish to commit evil God grants this capacity because if he did not allow this capacity, he would be violating our free will.
How would he be doing this? If he did not grant this opportunity, he would be restraining our free will. Therefore, God allows evil because of our free will.
Quote:Evolution is no myth.I think that evolution could have happened.
Yes, I am a Christian on these forums. I am not here to judge or condemn, rather, I am here to debate, learn, and incite discussion. Yes, I think that my avatar is hilarious.
