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1 | god create evil | Gen 1:31 | MicahPorter | 158476 | ||
I apologize for my error… The faults in my ideals are only becoming more and more clear the more I attempt to argue them. But I am a person with enough knowledge and honor to admit when he is wrong. But I am also one that strives for truth, and to quickly jump into another theology could prove premature on my part. What I shall do is take time to study and understand scriptures more. Thank you Doc for corning me in my own beliefs and exposing the holes in it with scripture. I hope to hear from you again sometime while I study and increase my understanding of the Bible. -- Michael -- |
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2 | god create evil | Gen 1:31 | MicahPorter | 158436 | ||
No I would never suggest that God did not know the results. I’m merely trying to get us to view the reality of the situation. All I’m trying to say is that without choice, you cannot have love. But when given full choice, we also have the ability to choose to do evil. All throughout the bible you read of God giving man choices that are in his control. Adam and Eve were told not to eat from the tree of life; Moses created the law (under Gods guidance). And any evil that has been created was under the direct choice of man. And we became slaves under our own pride that WE created. In the end God created a way out, Jesus Christ. But God does not change, we were given choice to ether accept him or reject him. But those quotes were correct; alone we cannot make the choice of Grace. As seen in history of human behavior, humans seem to reject the things of God. It’s only by his grace that we can have the ability to choose him, but were still left with the choice. Now do we really have choice or does God have full influence over us? I believe it’s both, though I do admit I cannot understand fully how. It’s true that an finite being cannot understand the complexities of an infinite being and his thoughts. But I’m getting a bit off topic here. All I can simply do is ask you this question, is it possible to create true free will and somehow exclude evil? The concepts counteract each other. Without choice, we cannot choose love and therefore cannot bring glory to God. |
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3 | god create evil | Gen 1:31 | MicahPorter | 158226 | ||
Greetings. I was taking my time to read all the replies for this and could not help myself but to add a bit to the conversation. God created the POTENTUAL for evil, he did not create evil. He created free choice to all people. Why would he do such a thing if he already knew the results? The answer my friend is without choice, there is no possible chance for love. How can love exist if we are not able to choose it? I saw the bible verses that say God created both good and evil and there are many that are in the bible. But you have to remember it’s a way of understanding Gods character in human terms in both their days and our understanding. For creating free choice, he must give us all choices, thus creating both good and evil inside us. So you much separate the distinction between creating evil and creating the potential for evil. God respected man enough to give us the choice to choose our destiny. Weather or not we wish to follow God and depend on him and be close to him for eternity after physical death, or to follow our own lives and to be separated from him after our physical death, being true death in Hell. |
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