miracles and circumstances

[Rampant.A.I.]

Isiah 45:7

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

That should settle it. God himself said he creates evil. Why is this even still a thing?

Please pick from the following standard theist rebuttals when confronted with one of the myriad of contradictions inherent in their own belief system/holy book:

1. You're interpreting it wrong
2. Redefine the word
3. Ignore the comment and carry on quotin'
4. Admit the contradiction and reassess as necessary.

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Actually, the surrounding verses are concerned with righteousness and salvation, so God claiming to commit moral evil fits better than God claiming responsibility for moral evil.

But you (deliberately, I think) didn't address my chief point which is that translation should not matter. God could have easily made the meaning of the Bible in toto clear to everyone. Why didn't he?

Boru

Seems the Christians have no trouble understanding, could it be we're more intelligent.

GC

Yet again, why look it up when you can make ad hoc claims?

Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, according to analysis of scores of scientific studies stretching back over decades

Study found 'a reliable negative relation between intelligence and religiosity' in 53 out of 63 studies

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...58046.html

Most of you don't even know your own religion:

A significant number of Christians don't know the basics about their own professed faith or other major religions, according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey, while atheists and agnostics have the highest "Religious IQ," correctly answering 20.9 questions in the study's 32-question quiz.

http://m.theweek.com/article/index/20759...christians