2007-01-03 21:58:47 · 12 answers · asked by Bob 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God did not create us to be robotic, mindless drones. He gave us free will. With free will comes the freedom to make choices. We can choose to do good or to do evil. If we choose evil, then we have to take responsibility for our own actions.
If you create a child, provide a nurturing environment for that child to grow up in, set rules and boundaries for their benefit, but then that child, when grown, makes the decision to murder someone in cold blood, are you responsible for your child's evil actions? Or are they?
2007-01-03 22:31:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd argue by creating free will, God left the door open for evil. So - yes, He did create it, perhaps indirectly. (Of course, one can also argue there would be no good without evil. If one could do nothing but good, why would one need to even assign it a name?)
2007-01-04 06:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by Lunarsight 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil doesn't exist as a coherent or solid thing, any more than darkness does. Darkness is the lack of light and evil is the lack of goodness or God's Light. Take away God and it is the vacuum that is left.
2007-01-04 06:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If God and the Devil do exist, then I'd have to say that he wouldn't be responsible. He gave man free will, and has no power over the devil or demons. So what can he do besides watch?
2007-01-04 06:06:17 · answer #4 · answered by Abby C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes actually.
Many will try and say, "no the devil was givin free choice and he created evil"
but ofcourse a smart person like you relizes, god created everything, therefore he created evil.
2007-01-04 06:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by duffmanhb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God is perfect and can not look upon sin. He created man and angels with free will. Satan created evil when God removed him from Heaven.
2007-01-04 06:27:33 · answer #6 · answered by AMP 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Possibly, but that has nothing to do with the concept of it.
Man, for whatever reason, was not supposed to have the concept of it.
Little children don't have any concepts of good, evil, right and wrong until they get punished for doing something.
Same thing with animals. Your pet simply does things as their species has done them for millenium. It's you who say NOT ON THE RUG.
They have no concept of what a rug is. To them, it's dirt.
Now, all of a sudden, they fear things and they fear you.
You put the fear of God into them.
And that's how it works.
2007-01-04 06:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes God created Adam and asked the angels to kneel or prostrate before him but Iblis refused and saying how can he bow to a mortal made from dust thus God cast him to the earth and he ask God to allow him to mislead the human beings
2007-01-04 06:38:52 · answer #8 · answered by abdalla 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure there's some min-bending rationalization coming your way.
Wow, that didn't take long! See how timeless answered without ever addressing the question? She might as well have said, "No, pumpkin pie is my favorite."
2007-01-04 06:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
evil is the absence of good. God is perfect and is all good.
2007-01-04 06:00:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋