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Why did God create Evil?

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Why did God create Evil?
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RE: Why did God create Evil?
January 6, 2014 at 9:22 pm
(January 5, 2014 at 10:53 am)thepractice Wrote: Without evil, is there good? No, because the concepts are relative to each other. The presence of evil allows for the manifestation of good, that is, the manifestation of God.

Here is my problem with this argument. God is not reliant on evil in order to manifest Himself. God does not rely on anything.

Evil is a turning away from God and the natural order He has created. If the world was an engine, God would be the oil. When we deny the oil, the engine begins to break down. When we turn from God, we commit evil, and it isn't just in denying Him. It is acting out in ways that are not in line with the natural order.
". . . let the atheists themselves choose a god. They will find only one divinity who ever uttered their isolation; only one religion in which God seemed for an instant to be an atheist." -G. K. Chesterton
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Why did God create Evil? - by thepractice - January 5, 2014 at 10:53 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 5, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by thepractice - January 5, 2014 at 11:20 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 5, 2014 at 11:22 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by thepractice - January 5, 2014 at 12:16 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Fidel_Castronaut - January 5, 2014 at 12:53 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by truthBtold - January 5, 2014 at 11:40 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 5, 2014 at 11:06 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by thepractice - January 5, 2014 at 12:25 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 5, 2014 at 11:31 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 5, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Minimalist - January 5, 2014 at 11:57 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Belac Enrobso - January 5, 2014 at 12:01 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 5, 2014 at 12:23 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 5, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by thepractice - January 5, 2014 at 1:33 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 5, 2014 at 12:35 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 5, 2014 at 1:36 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 6, 2014 at 12:09 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Godschild - January 6, 2014 at 5:02 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Zen Badger - January 6, 2014 at 5:06 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 6, 2014 at 8:22 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by houseofcantor - January 6, 2014 at 8:37 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by truthBtold - January 6, 2014 at 4:48 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Ryantology - January 6, 2014 at 6:15 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Bob Kelso - January 6, 2014 at 6:16 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Esquilax - January 6, 2014 at 6:20 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by LastPoet - January 6, 2014 at 7:58 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Marvin - January 6, 2014 at 9:55 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 6, 2014 at 11:23 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Godschild - January 6, 2014 at 9:03 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 6, 2014 at 9:21 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Godschild - January 7, 2014 at 3:12 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Esquilax - January 7, 2014 at 3:27 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by GodsRevolt - January 6, 2014 at 9:22 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by houseofcantor - January 6, 2014 at 9:34 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 6, 2014 at 9:25 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by GodsRevolt - January 6, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Polaris - January 6, 2014 at 9:27 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Ryantology - January 6, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 6, 2014 at 9:56 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Neo-Scholastic - January 7, 2014 at 12:01 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Esquilax - January 7, 2014 at 2:58 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Ryantology - January 7, 2014 at 3:47 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Esquilax - January 7, 2014 at 4:38 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Fidel_Castronaut - January 7, 2014 at 4:33 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by houseofcantor - January 7, 2014 at 2:35 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 7, 2014 at 12:04 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Fenix - January 7, 2014 at 12:14 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by rexbeccarox - January 7, 2014 at 3:49 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 7, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Lemonvariable72 - January 7, 2014 at 3:33 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by ska88 - January 7, 2014 at 12:36 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Esquilax - January 7, 2014 at 2:21 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by FreeTony - January 7, 2014 at 3:58 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Fenix - January 8, 2014 at 4:00 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by ska88 - January 8, 2014 at 12:45 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Belac Enrobso - January 8, 2014 at 7:07 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Fenix - January 8, 2014 at 8:16 am
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Chad32 - January 8, 2014 at 1:04 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by ska88 - January 8, 2014 at 2:58 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by CapnAwesome - January 8, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Belac Enrobso - January 8, 2014 at 3:33 pm
RE: Why did God create Evil? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 8, 2014 at 4:10 pm

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