Christians beleive that God is the creater of all, therefore he created evil, or allowed ther to be evil. Very much confusing!
2006-10-31 11:25:35 · 28 answers · asked by rikki l 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yep, very confusing....you , a finite being are trying to figure out an infinite God
2006-10-31 11:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by david 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We can never be mad at God. Although a lot of people blame God for their miseries. For example when a person is diagnosed with cancer. He has a hard time accepting the few years that the doctors gave him to live. Nor can he accept the loss of a loved one. First the question, of why me? comes up. That's anger in the stages of grief. Then he questions the fairnesss of life. But in the end, he learns to accept things.
Man was given free will. That's precisely why there's evil. Man chooses evil over good. It's not God's doing at all. God is all about peace and love. So how can one blame or be mad at God? Trials and tribulations are all tests of our faith in God. He'll always be around to help us carry our burden.
2006-10-31 20:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by rosieC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has anyone else noticed that the 'god' questions receive the most responses, and everyone has an opinion on this subject.
For the purposes of this discussion: God gave man/womankind a concept called "Free Will". The biblical story of Adam & Eve partaking of the forbidden fruit is the most repeated example of how Free Will came about. If you haven't noticed God, as you undertand the concept, does not interfear with humankind's macanations other than through the concept of 'Miricles'. And that's another subject for another asker.
As to your statement that God created evil: The God concept is all inclusive, everthing we are and can image is of God and will return to God. The query is really about what humankind chooses to do with and about 'good' and 'evil'.
The World should not be divided into "Who has the truth and who doesn't". It should be thought of more along the lines of "Those that are searching for the truth and those that are not". It is a life long search for the true meaning of all things.
Good luck in your search for the truth.
2006-10-31 20:14:52 · answer #3 · answered by Joe Schmo from Kokomo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grand question.Life is a puzzle in itself. But once you unravel all the mysteries it will become mundane and you my become bored, thus creating non-believers. Patience grows weary as we age, like anything repetative, monotonous, hum drum, mumbo jumbo etc. So yes God created all things however he breathed into all a living soul, a soul that chose to have a free will while in our human form on earth. We are gifted with knowledge, and good spirit. Two more tools other than the body to motivate us to make a good life with others. It is very complicated but simplified, it is easier. We are here to learn and learn we must sometimes the hard way for whatever reason we were thrown out of Eden he still answers our prayers, maybe not right away but eventually. Timing is what we all are plagued with. Many want to have everything right away, example the forbidden fruit? No was the answer, and what ever that apple represented is the reason we dont get everything we want or even what we need instantly.
Faith is the answer, and perseverence to make your life worth living regardless of what evil lurks in the shadows, without fear we walk on and believe. That is the realm of God we live in. He did not create evil, he created Lucifer the brightest Star, his beloved angel that turned good into evil all by his lonesome. And there you have it. God will change all of the evil back to good all in good time. Have patience, it took him 7 days of his timing to create Heaven and Earth and our time maybe a little different in dimensional thinking.
2006-10-31 19:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is not in control. We are. We are supposed to learn something during our lives. God did not create evil. Evil is going against the will of God. It is willful ignorance and wrongdoing. God's will is towards goodness and love.
You cannot be angry with God because He is not responsible for things that happen.
2006-10-31 21:29:30 · answer #5 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just much easier to accept the logical conclusion that there is no god -- then you don't have to worry about silly theological arguments that mean nothing, like "did god create evil?" or "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"
There's no evidence of any kind that there is a god, or that anybody "created" us, the earth, or the universe. When you let reason and logic rule your thinking, instead of superstition and fear, then you can realize that the "evil" in the world is all of our own doing, that we're greedy, violent animals --and maybe do something to change it. Religion certainly hasn't done anything towards making people more peaceful and loving...
2006-10-31 19:32:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
to find out why, you have to come with me to india or africa to one of the leprosy mission hospitals and spend some time with the patients. you will find the most phisically disfigured people on this eart there. but at the same time the most beautiful, God lovingsouls. never, ever complain about their bad luck. because they know what we christians believe that God never promised us a life without suffering also a lot better future is waiting for us after death.
2006-10-31 21:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by aum 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are a multitude of believers who have, in times of pain and grief, been angry with God and cursed his name. But as a non-believer, one cannot blame a non-being or nonentity for effects that resulted from some other cause.
In what is something of a paradox, the concept of God evolved in one sense to give people something or someone TO blame for their ills, so that they could beseech that entity to give them good fortune as well as hope to effectively curse the gods in retaliation. It beats shaking your fist at the vast nothingness I suppose.
2006-10-31 19:36:18 · answer #8 · answered by Grist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God created the freedom of choice and humans choose to be evil, not God.
2006-10-31 19:28:01 · answer #9 · answered by laramsfan1966 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Confusion is the author of the works of god
2006-11-01 14:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Cherry Berry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure you think having everything perfect would be great but what would be the point. there's no choice. problem is we're a bunch of spastics and we stuff things up. God didn't want things like poverty or global warming, he just trusted a bunch of idiots to look after this place. oops. Now there's something were not keen to take credit for!
2006-10-31 19:52:32 · answer #11 · answered by much2big4school 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋