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Old 06-23-2013, 04:07 PM
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Did God Create Evil?
This topic has been explored in countless books and articles. However, please give me your thoughts.
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Old 06-23-2013, 05:32 PM
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No. God didn't create evil. Man did.
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Old 06-23-2013, 05:52 PM
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Re: Did God Create Evil?
"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." [Isaiah 45:7, KJV]
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"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." [Isaiah 45:7, KJV]
7 I form light and create darkness,
I make well-being and create calamity,
I am the LORD, who does all these things.


The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. 2001 (Is 45:7). Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

HCSB | ‎Is 45:7 I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, Yahweh, do all these thing

NET | ‎Is 45:7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.
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Re: Did God Create Evil?
Who said calamity is evil?

Are hurricanes evil?
Are earthquakes evil?

Is malaria evil?
Is HIV evil?
Is cancer evil?
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No. God didn't create evil. Man did.
There is a twist in your logic and I am 100% positive that even if I did agree with you, we're not on the same page.

Not saying that I agree with you, but it would be interesting for you to 'splain yourself.
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Who said calamity is evil?

Are hurricanes evil?
Are earthquakes evil?

Is malaria evil?
Is HIV evil?
Is cancer evil?
Nobody did
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Old 06-23-2013, 09:21 PM
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There is a twist in your logic and I am 100% positive that even if I did agree with you, we're not on the same page.

Not saying that I agree with you, but it would be interesting for you to 'splain yourself.
Selfishness is the root of all evil. Pretty much. It didn't take a creative miracle.

And evil is just an attribute of a person's actions and intentions. It's not a force, or an entity, or anything like that. It's not a spirit.
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Evil is the abscence of love, the less love the more evil. Like cold is the absence of heat,the less heat the more cold. That's the way I see it.
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