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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 9:34 pm
(January 6, 2014 at 9:22 pm)GodsRevolt Wrote:
(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.
It is acting out in ways that are not in line with the natural order.

Having a Cloud Atlas flashback... there is a natural order of things and those who disregard it do so at their own peril or some such. It was Elron! Angel

Anyhoo, doesn't get around the "creation problem." If the choices are a/b/c, then d ain't even on the table. We cannot pick a fruit that isn't there, nor a paradigm uncreated. Tongue
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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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