to KJV only supporters?

Question

can you explain why it says God creates evil?


Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.



This verse is in no way consistant with the context of the verse or the topic. While the words themselves are each translated correctly. They make no sense in contex. The word shalom dose mean peace if the verse wanted to say good it would have used Tov. While the word Ra dose often mean evil it is inconsistant with a section that is talking about physical calamity. It is best translated as disaster, war, or calamity




once again the KJV fails to translate the meaning of what the author was trying to say.

nice try fish but the word create dose not mean take responsibility for.

Answer 1

I don't think God creates evil.

I believe evil is created by the animalistic tendency of the subconscious mind.

Answer 2

First you need to take into account a few of the verses - not just that particular one...context you know...

5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

Basically the Lord is just pointing out He created everything...He does not "cause" wickedness, but since there is man on the earth and Satan to tempt, (and He created our bodies) then that must mean he also created the "evil" that people do...You cannot conclude He only made the "good" if you believe he made everything...make sense?
I am LDS and I love my bible (which is the KJV) because there are footnotes and definitions for lots of things that are harder to understand...

Answer 3

Yes.

Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

Evil ra‛ râ‛âh (rah, raw-aw'), never rendered sin. God brings calamity about as the inevitable consequences of sin.

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Answer 4

Gen.1:26; God said,"Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likness." Col.1:15-17; Rev.3:14; John 17:3,5,24 [ Jesus was first creation created in the image of God. Jesus was with God before the world was ]; EVIL EXISTED BEFORE ADAM AND EVE TOOK THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE THEY WERE NOT TO TOUCH IT.

Gen.3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

JUST BECAUSE EVIL EXIST NO ONE HAS TO PARTAKE OF IT.

Gen.8:21; The imaginations of man's hearth is evil from his youth.

Answer 5

Yeah, the KJV is a pretty messed up version. In the Book of Acts, the translators put down Easter when referring to the holiday of Passover. I'm not a big fan of this particular version. When I'm looking up verses in the Hebrew Bible, I almost always use the Hebrew-English Tanakh put out by the JPS.

Answer 6

Because he does and the bible tells you he does. God doing evil is not taught in mostly all churches he is mad out to be a powder puff. But if you have any understanding you would no that God is not to be played with and all his words are words of Truth.

Answer 7

What God is saying is that since He is the only God, He takes ultimate responsibility for all things, even though He does not do those things. Sorta like the buck stops here.

Excuse me. You know more than Adam Clarke and John Wesley do you?

Answer 8

God created Satan didn't he....?

He created man didnt he?

Those of which are evil.

God does create evil.

Answer 9

Yawn....two points