OK, if God existed before anything ("anything" didn't even exist yet), then that would mean that darkness, evil, sin, etc did not exist. If God created good, for example, He would have had to create evil (perhaps indirectly, but it couldn't really be "indirectly", because He created everything, which would include "indirectly").
Without evil, how can you tell if something is good? You have nothing to compare it to.
So, if God "is" love, for example, that would mean that there was already hate. And hate would be something God did not create.
So, wouldn't it make more sense to say that there are two Gods, opposites of each other (like God and Satan (I know Satan is not a god, but just listen)) who always co-existed?
It's impossible to live in a world where everything is love, and know that everything is love, because what are you comparing it to? If you can't compare it to anything, how can you tell what it is?
Don't you think there should be some sort of balance?
2006-11-19 01:39:18 · 34 answers · asked by Derek 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Answer as many of those questions as you can get around to. Thanks for your time!
2006-11-19 01:39:47 · update #1
There can be no such thing as good or evil, unless there is an opposite to contrast it with. Anyone creating good would automatically create bad. It is impossible to do otherwise. Think about it.
2006-11-19 01:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Yes, God create evil, but that evil too wasnt evil before. it become evil after the creatino of human being. That evil become jealous, do something terrible, and from that time, it is evil. The deal was, as evil had done that terrible bad thing, it has to leave heaven, and as it did good things before the incedent, it was rewarded by the having a endless life till the end of the day of the whole creation of God, and got the power to show wrong way to the human being so that they miss the heaven too.
To say "this is a good thing" you dont need a bad thing to compare with. Whenever a good thing happens, you will see pure smile(not cruel smile) on somebody's face. Hate is created by the evil, and that is why, he got the punishment which I described before.
God created that "satan"too. So, how comes that satan became GOd itself? it has given certain power, and satan can use this power till the end of the day when creation of God will be destroyed by God himself. So, after this thing, Satan wont be here.
Balancing the world by producing hate, kill etc.?Doesnt make sense because the world is a examination place for us. We are here to givning examination of our loyality towards God. So, as doing some errors in exam paper just to balance my ratio of right answers dont make sense, comparing good, abd things and balancing dont make sense too in a same way.
2006-11-19 01:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by Tasnim R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are missing one factor which explains the split that has occured
Genesis states that everything god made was good and perfect. So what did he create, or allow, that produced evil? It is called free will.....where we are allowed to choose to obey god or disobey him. Free will was a perfect decision to make, even though the wrong use of it had bad consequences. This is because without free will, we are just robots, mindless slaves to god. Without free will, we would not be a perfect creation, free to love God. With free will, we willingly obey and rejoice in that obedience, and the blessings that come with it.
Evil came when free will was used the wrong way.... to disobey God. So, even though the gift of free will was perfect, the use of it was wrong.
God is love. In heaven, it is very possible to know just good, and not be concerned about comparing good to evil , just to discover what good is. Good manifests itself automatically. Since it is from God, it automatically flows from him and you know it, because you are experiencing it personally. It is like the rain. Do you really have to know what a dry day is like to feel wet? The contrast is helpful, but not necessary....
satan did not always exist... he was a creation of god who was the first to use this free will the wrong way. He then influenced Adam to do the same. So the spread and growth of evil (disobedience to god) is originally due to the influence of one to another, not because God produced "more evil."
I do not think you have to be in a world of hate, to know love. Again, the contrast with hate brings us the appreciation for love, but Love can stand alone, as an experience in itself. A child can understand love, before it ever grows up, and learns what hate is.
The best balance we can achieve is to return to God....there everything is in balance....
right now, the presence of evil throws the world out of balance with God and creates misery.
True balance and peace will occur when evil is destroyed, and all things come into harmoney once again with God.
2006-11-19 02:05:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, god created evil. Look at Isaiah 45:7.
Without evil, we would not have use of our free will, because we must choose between good and evil.
There is only one God. God is God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit. They always co-existed.
A world with only love is coming when Jesus returns. Because evil once existed, it was there to compare love to, forever.
2006-11-19 01:46:13 · answer #4 · answered by The Question Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOD did not create sin.Before Adam and Eve was created there was a an angel in heaven.The angel got envy of GOD and tried to steal his crown.When he did this and failed GOD threw him out of heaven.This is where and the purpose that hell was created.Now and sure you knew that.Back to the garden.When Adam and Eve was created in the garden,GOD mad them and at the time man knew no evil or sin because we were the way God intended.GOD said eat anything in the garden but from the tree of good and evil.When the serpent talked Eve into eating the fruit from the tree of good and evil and when Adam did they did the first sin in man history.
2006-11-19 01:50:06 · answer #5 · answered by JK 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is Good! Satan is Evil. People know the difference between wrong and right, the Good Lord gave you that much sense. Now, you've given me a headache and I've got to take a pill.
2006-11-19 01:47:34 · answer #6 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God created all that is good, but also gave people the invaluable power of free will so that we may make our own decisions throughout life. That is how evil exists- people chose to act against goodness. People create evil through their actions. If we chose not to do acts of evil it would not exist because there would not be anyone acting on it.
2006-11-19 01:45:46 · answer #7 · answered by layla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He did create everything, including EVIL. Which is Lucifer, the light-bearer, the root of all evil. Before Lucifer become evil he was an angel. I think he was the right hand of God. But he was sent to Hell because he wanted to be like God or something like that.
2016-05-22 03:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan was Lucifer the angel in charge of worshipa nd praise. He was cast down because he wanted to be like the Most High.
Reference: Is.14:13-14
What would we be if we did not have a choice? We would not be capable of love. We would be puppets on a string.
With free will came evil without free will we have no freedom. God didnt want robots. He loved us enough to let us choose for ourselves.
2006-11-19 01:48:41 · answer #9 · answered by strengthintruth2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The short answer to your question is that the world which God created was, originally, a perfect world. We are the ones who mucked it up -- so don't blame the existence of evil on God. It never would have happened, were it not for the first sin.
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2006-11-19 01:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Warning, the following is my personal take on theology and does not engage any established religion's views.
a) Did god create evil? Yes and no. Since god created the world, it did create everything evil in it. But it did not create evil per se. This is because Evil is a trait of sentient beings, and belongs mainly to Man, which was created in god' image. The power for Evil is a part of Man which comes from our being like god, and so preexisted creation and was not so much created by god as reproduced by him from his own nature.
You don't need evil to know good. If you have no concept of evil, in a perfect world, you won't have the idea of doing it in the first place, because it is unnatural to wreak hurt unto others. Of course, in our world, after eating the Fruit and after the Fall, you need to be taught about what is good and what is not, so as not to fall into relativistic thought and do evil unto others because it will do good for yourself, but you don't need to know evil first hand to recognize good as good.
About god being love... I just can't believe that. He describes himself as "Stern and Jealous and Angry" in the decalogue, and such a being cannot "be" Love. And since I can't believe the whole "Jesus as Messiah" Schtick either, his sacrificing his own "son" to give us a chance at reddeming ourselves does not stick either.
If you insist on the monotheistic view, there is only One god. Satan is not a separate entity, but the name people give god when he shows his true, evil side.
Next question does not make sense. Everything was good and love... in Eden. This world does not conform to the standard you set, but it is the standard that is in the wrong place. Anyway, you don't need exposure to dark to know light, you just see it and know its name.
Balance? what do you mean?
2006-11-19 01:58:16 · answer #11 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋