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- However, the origin of evil lies not with God but with humanity. When God created human beings He gave them a choice to obey or disobey. When Adam and Eve chose to disobey God they brought evil into the universe. Evil is an action or relationship, not a created substance.
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Jun 8, 2020 · The plan before creation was that Christ would be the Lamb slain for sinners — sinners whose names were “written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain” (Revelation 13:8). Christ slain for sinners was the plan before any human sinned. Two Unassailable Truths
Dec 10, 2021 · In sum: although natural, moral, and spooky non-agential conceptions of the origins of evil were the focus of most traditional discussions of the origins of evil, it looks like some varieties of radical evil have a different origin altogether—one that is not entirely intelligible.
Mar 28, 2023 · Biblically speaking, evil is an aspect of relationship. As your question implies, the real issue is not “How could God create evil?” It’s “How could God create another self separate from and independent of His own Self?” This is the real miracle of Creation, especially the creation of mankind. Man had to be an entity entirely separate ...
Feb 18, 2021 · The sectarian literature equated Satan not only with evil but specifically with anyone or any group not in agreement with their own views, including other Jews. According to their texts, God had created two spirits in humans: the way of light and the way of darkness.
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Nov 26, 2013 · The Neoplatonist theory of evil provides a solution to the problem of evil because if evil is a privation of substance, form, and goodness, then God creates no evil. All of God’s creation is good, evil is a lack of being and goodness.
Sep 17, 2020 · Did evil always exist since God is the Creator? If God creates creatures with free wills, this allows for the possibility for evil, for the possibility that they will choose to enthrone something other than God in the center of their lives. Hope Bolinger. Author. Published Sep 17, 2020.
Jan 4, 2022 · The mystery of evil and why God has allowed its reality with all of the suffering it causes may never be fully known in this world, but Scripture assures that evil is temporary. Once the culmination of God’s redemptive plan is complete, Jesus Christ will have destroyed the devil’s work forever ( 1 John 3:8 ). Return to: Questions about Sin.
