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NASB | Genesis 6:6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 6:6 The LORD regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart. |
Bible Question:
Dear Doc, thanks for your answer and sorry for mu delay I've been really bussy those las weeks. About your sentence "we do not evaluate God by what He does, we evaluate what He does, by who He is" I see a problem with that. I mean with the relation between God and "Good and Evil". There are two options: Option 1: God decides what is Good and what is Evil so it depends on His, lets say "caprice". Option 2: God sees what is Good and Evil and supports the Good. But in that case Good and Evil are logycally ANTERIOR to God! Reading your comment it seems to me that you are a supporter od the Option 1. Am I right? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Bruno... To answer your questions explicitly, "No." I do not agree with either option. The subject you bring up is called theodicy. What you have expressed, as an answer, is what is called a false dichotomy. There are other options that do not contradict His self-revelation (the Bible). You might want to go to someplace like www.mongerism.com and look up theodicy. You might also want to spend some time at that same site looking into the attributes of God. Although you may see "a problem with that" (sic) concerning how we understand the Divine, nonetheless, it is an orthodox Christian distinctive. In Him, Doc |