(May 22, 2013 at 2:54 am)Praetorian Wrote: Evil, calamity, what does it matter? The words can be lumped together. It still doesn't answer the argument. If that verse in Isaiah didn't exist, it's still God's universe, and he's still wholly responsible for it.
If the verse in Isaiah did not exist, you would have nothing to say about God creating evil, and in actuality you still do not, evil and calamity are two very different things. I can lump many different words together, but that in no way means they would convey the same meaning or message.
I believe through the scriptures and reasoning that God did not create evil, Lucifer brought evil into existence by living outside the will of God. This makes Lucifer responsible for the evil in the creation. I could plant and grow a beautiful garden, which I'm responsible for and then some crazy comes along with a truck and drives through the garden and mess it up. The resulting mess is not my fault or responsibility, my responsibility is to put the garden back together to it's former beauty, this is the same for God's creation, this is why Christ gave His life, so the creation would eventually be restored to it's original beauty.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
