The Bible says that God is all knowing. This means that God knows all that happened in the past and all that will happen in the future. Therefore, God knew when he created Lucifer, that Lucifer would eventually rebel against God and cause all sorts of mischief and suffering, including the eternal damnation of many souls made in God's image. The Bible also says that God is all good. So why would a God that is all good and all knowing create the Devil?
p.s. I am not asking this question to mock fundamentalist christians. I'm not an athiest. I am an agnostic that believes in God, but who also realizes that there are many questions which none of the major religions can answer. In other words, I want people to critically think about such questions so that they will not blindly follow religious dogma.
2007-01-13
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