Howdie Christians,
I have been reading some Gnostic works and I have a rather interesting question that I need you to Biblically explain in any way you can.
1) God is not evil in any way so where did Evil come from, Surely it has to exist which means it needed to be created in which case either God created Evil or Evil exists alongside God?
Saying that going against God is evil is flawed as God himself would not create a being that is capable of going against him or create a being that is able to do evil as this would mean that God created evil?
2) If God can do anything he so desires in existence, Is it therefore possible for him to create a God identical to himself in power and might that cannot be undone?
If you say yes to this then I pose the next question
3) If God created another God identical in every way then how is this God able to exist as God is the Beginning and the End therefore this second God would come before the First God before it was ever created later?
And lastly!
After reading Gnostic works it would appear that their interpretation is that Satan is the God of the old Testament and that Jesus came to remove peoples deceptions.
It is explained that God who put the tree in the Garden which caused Adam to fall from grace was actually Satan and hence would render Jesus correct when he said that "Satan is the ruler of this world".
Can you consolidate this so that it makes sense. Did God create beings that were capable to do evil as surely doing this would mean that God had to give them the attribute to be evil in which case means that God creates evil?
I have been reading some Gnostic works and I have a rather interesting question that I need you to Biblically explain in any way you can.
1) God is not evil in any way so where did Evil come from, Surely it has to exist which means it needed to be created in which case either God created Evil or Evil exists alongside God?
Saying that going against God is evil is flawed as God himself would not create a being that is capable of going against him or create a being that is able to do evil as this would mean that God created evil?
2) If God can do anything he so desires in existence, Is it therefore possible for him to create a God identical to himself in power and might that cannot be undone?
If you say yes to this then I pose the next question
3) If God created another God identical in every way then how is this God able to exist as God is the Beginning and the End therefore this second God would come before the First God before it was ever created later?
And lastly!
After reading Gnostic works it would appear that their interpretation is that Satan is the God of the old Testament and that Jesus came to remove peoples deceptions.
It is explained that God who put the tree in the Garden which caused Adam to fall from grace was actually Satan and hence would render Jesus correct when he said that "Satan is the ruler of this world".
Can you consolidate this so that it makes sense. Did God create beings that were capable to do evil as surely doing this would mean that God had to give them the attribute to be evil in which case means that God creates evil?
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