Who Created Evil?

[Yahsway]

Great Post Dr. Luke!

I just threw that verse out there because someone showed it to me one time when I asked the same question. I never got an answer on my question until I read your post. Thanks.

I was thinking though, In Genesis it says God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. He did create the tree didn't He?

I know that God does not tempt us, but Satan is allowed to. And I know there is no temptation so great that we cannot find the way of escape because He said we could. He said He would make a way of escape for us. HallaluYah!

I do know that God does Test us though, like you said, to burn off the dross and bring forth gold. I believe thru each trial and testing we endure makes us that much stronger in Him.

This is a good post. It makes me dig a little deeper in scripture. Shalom All

[Leonard]

TOUCHE', Tubal Cain. When you're right, you're right. I guess we all like to look as good as we can! When asked 'Whose voice in all the earth is sweetest to your ears?' a Roman general once replied: "The voice of he who best sings my exploits!"

[Guest Loop]

Evil is simply an absence of good. The less good, the more evil.

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Surely the absence of Good is neutrality?

If I do not donate some of what little money I have to a charity, am I then Evil, for I am not good, or merely ignorant of the needy?

Also, on-topic, why would God, this ultimate Omnipotent being, create anything that could possibly turn against him?

[shammah]

It's true that man is seduced by his own lusts, but hes is also tempted by what he see's,and demons are able to sugjest thoughts , it's the enemies job to keep him in bondage!

But ressit the Devil, and his temptations and he will flee from you, use the word of God, as your sword, and the shield of faith as your defense! Keep every thought captive to the obedience of Christ! Very Hard to do without practice and some failure!

So we must overcome temptation, by crucifyiny our fleshly desires, so that we might walk in the Spirit, tested by the victories over temptation, and the fires of affliction, which make us trust worthy vessels of honor, for the Masters use!

The battle over the mind and soul is real, and making a statement of belief in christ is not enough, even the devils believe and tremble! You must be totally submissive by an ever increasing acts of obedience, or you will cotinually fall back into sin until your heart becomes hard!

Revelation 3:1-6;

1AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [[1] the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [iN REALITY] YOU ARE DEAD.

2Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the REQUIREMENTS of My God or perfect in His sight.

3So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart and OBEY them, and REPENT. In case you will not rouse yourselves and keep awake and watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know or suspect at what hour I will come.

4Yet you still have a (FEW) [persons'] names in Sardis who have not (SOILED) "(remember keep unspotted from the world)" their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy and deserving.

5Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not (ERASE OR BLOT) OUT HIS NAME FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE "(this implies that most of that church which is found to be mostly dead, will have their names blotted out)"; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels.(1)

6He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

Agape; Ephraim.

Edited December 4, 2004 by shammah

[nebula]

Shakespere said " there is nothing good nor bad, only our thinking makes it so".

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And the Serpent said to Eve,

"God knows that in the day you eat from [the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

And Eve decided "that the tree was . . . desirable to make one wise," and partook.

Notice any similarities?

[Guest Loop]

Shakespere said " there is nothing good nor bad, only our thinking makes it so".

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And the Serpent said to Eve,

"God knows that in the day you eat from [the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

And Eve decided "that the tree was . . . desirable to make one wise," and partook.

Notice any similarities?

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You do realise you're calling Shakespeare evil, yes?

It's my train of thought that God shouldn't've given snakes the ability to talk.

[nebula]

Hey, Loop -

Why is it so important to you to be mocking Jesus all over the place?

Seriously, I've seen several of your posts, and they remind me of one of those monkeys that throw its own excrement at other creatures.

What gives?

[ayin jade]

I know that those unhairy upright things came from an older species of monkey.

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How do you know this? Where you there? Have you placed faith in this belief of yours? Just how closely have you examined the evidence?

[Guest Loop]

A simple way to put it is:

Look at a monkey. Look at a person. Similar.

Look at a man. Look at God. You can't.

Or: Because it makes more sense than being made out of dust or clay or whatnot.

Edited December 5, 2004 by Loop

[nebula]

I'm not religious

So are lots of other people who have better things to do with their lives than to be continually antaganistic.

So, why are you?

and I consider it a form of control over those with nothing more meaningful in their lives.

And we have found Jesus to set us free from a lot of junk.

Again, why the need to throw out so much hate at us? (And yes, it is hate.

Excrement-lobbing monkey I may be, but I don't believe everything I read in one book and I know that those unhairy upright things came from an older species of monkey.

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That wasn't what I meant, and you know it.