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Why did God create evil?
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DandyAndy
Active Member
gods creation
Looks more like the result of sin to me...
waitasec
Veteran Member
isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the LORD, do all these things.
so says your subjective opinion...
i think he's rather charming
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DandyAndy
Active Member
isaiah 45:7 I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the LORD, do all these things.
so says your subjective opinion...
i think he's rather charming
Charming perhaps, beautiful...:no:
waitasec
Veteran Member
i think charming is a part of beauty....
it's definitely attractive...yes?
meaning it attracts ones attention via it's unique charm
DandyAndy
Active Member
Oh boy...lets see...a charming person is attractive, but that doesn't necessitate that their attractiveness is physical. I guess when I think of beauty I think of physical beauty like a sunset or trees or something - but I guess there's beauty that isn't physical...maybe? I don't know.
That doggy is certainly unique...that's a nice way to put it.
Firstly, there is NO mention of any "apple" involved in this nutty story.
For no good reason reason, their omniscient god did not want Adam and his girlfriend to have any knowledge concerning "Good" and "Evil". This knowledge was the forbidden "fruit", not some apple. (Somehow, people began talking about an apple. Later, it became the universal symbol for education and knowledge, and then Apple Computers used it as their logo. But there was never an apple to begin with!)
As for any speculation I have as to what thoughts the two naughty original sinners had swirling in their empty heads, you may as well ask me what Santa Clause was thinking when he decided to wear a bright red suit.
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waitasec
Veteran Member
beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
i'm more attracted to unique attributes then to ordinary ones.
DandyAndy
Active Member
heretic
Heretic Knight
I think God didn't create evil , but create us with incomplete attributes , the in completeness produce evil , for example if a person likes himself (which is important for the person to keep his existence) increased to a degree so that he/she becomes selfish this could produce evil to him/her self and to the others.
DandyAndy
Active Member
I think the type of fruit they ate is not very important. Although you are correct to point out that the text does not indicate it was an apple. Sounds like you have a personal hatred towards apples though...
DandyAndy
Active Member
Woah.
AmbiguousGuy
Well-Known Member
His mama probably considers him cute as a button. That's all I'm saying -- that ugliness and evil don't exist out in the world. They're just our personal opinions about things.
So it seems to me, anyway.
Not apples, nuts. Ha ha.
DandyAndy
Active Member
I just want to be sure that everybody understands the importance of what is meant by the "forbidden fruit".
There was no actual fruit involved, whatsoever. This was a metaphor. Knowledge of "good" and "evil" is what was forbidden by god in the Bible.
It strikes me as rather odd that god should blame poor Adam and Eve for their wrongdoing, since he never intended them to know right from wrong, in the first place.
You just gotta love the Bible! Whew.
kepha31
Active Member
God creates the evils of judgments and punishments, but He does not create the evil of sin.
Evil happens when God's creatures make the wrong choice or choices.
Skwim
Veteran Member
Hey, it's one of the more popular pastimes of the Christian clergy. Simply avail thyself of any typical fundi Sunday sermon.
IsmailaGodHasHeard
Well-Known Member
God does not create evil because He is perfectly good. He did give angels and humans freedom of choice and some of those angels and humans made the wrong choice. That is the source of evil. I used to have trouble understanding this too until I read Romans 9. Here is the link for you. Romans 9 NASB - Solicitude for Israel I am telling the - Bible Gateway
Santa Clause does not create all the toys because there are too many needed. He gave the elves freedom of choice as to what to make, and some of them did not make the right choice. I used to have trouble understanding this until I read "The Night Before Christmas". Here is a link for you. [www.amazon.com/Night-Before-Christmas-Clement-Clarke/dp/0399231900]