(April 11, 2010 at 11:17 pm)Eilonnwy Wrote:(April 11, 2010 at 10:15 pm)The Piper Wrote: Then whence cometh evil?
Free will
First, evil in this doesn't refer to just people. It also includes natural disasters, disease, etc... Free will doesn't apply.
Second, do you think God has a plan for you? Do you think good things in your life are because of God? When someone dies unexpectedly do you say, "It was his time, God called him." "God has a plan."
If you answer yes to any of those, your concept of free will is a pathetic excuse.
Natural disasters are not evil in themselves.
Death occurs due to our sin, it's a punishment because we all sin.
God has a hope that I will do the right thing, if you want to call that a plan.
God allows it to rain on the righteous and the unrighteous conversely he also allows the sun to shine on the righteous and unrighteous.
