(May 21, 2013 at 7:08 pm)Praetorian Wrote: If God holds that moral standard, then he knows the difference between good and evil. If he in turn creates evil, which scripture clearly says he does, then he has violated his own standard, and should suffer in hell with us.If you refer to the Isaiah 45 quote mentioned then you must first distinguish between natural and moral evil. No Christian denies that the Lord created all the features of the natural world including earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods. The fact that natural disasters happen does not have moral implications.
I can already hear someone objecting,"yeah, but look how much death and suffering He allows to happen." I will remind that smarty pants that life is a gift. Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. We wouldn't even be alive if not for God, so we don't have any right to complain that ours wasn't long enough.
