I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
—Isaiah 45:7
Evil is awful. God is good? (for creating evil?)
2007-03-09 21:56:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hi, my name joshua kane, i am not jesus, jesus was just this kid that used to follow me around, back in the good old days - he would listen to my speeches and serve food, drink my wine and sometimes he would go for long walks to contemplate his belly button! Well, i am here to tell you about the TRONGOD, and the gospel of zerokane.THATS WHAT I WAS HERE FOR IN THE BEGINNING, but that pesky jesus, kept on bothering me. Mind you i reckon i got off lightly, you know what happened to jesus, although I was surprised that Judas grassed him up. they were lovers you know! Must have had an argument! It disturbs me a great deal that i have been forgotten, jesus that 'scamp', stole my ideas and ideals and passed them off as his own, obviously he changed a lot of my texts, facts and history, due to copyright reasons, but my disciples certainly were a little fickle, as soon as Jesus gave all that fish and bread , they were off, followed him around all day every day, 24 - 7, i think i had a lucky escape. Anyway, as i was saying, my god, my gospel is the true word! It must be true because I wrote it all in a book, but i found out recently that the 'vatican' are witholding it from publication, something about truth, reality, demise of the church and all that! Well, i'm back now, so they better be ready to apologise, give me back my book and do something about that whole 'jesus' thing. My dad says hello, and my mum is busy doing some blessings, dad isin the garden trying to make a better earth , the first one he made has really got disease infected. See you at EASTER!
2007-03-09 22:03:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, the Hebrew word for evil "rah" is used in many
different ways in the Bible. In the KJV Bible, it occurs 663 times. 431 times it is translated as "evil." The other 232 times it is translated as wicked,bad, hurt, harmill, sorrow, mischief, displeased, adversity, affliction, trouble, calamity, grievous, and trouble So we can see that the word does not require that it be translated as "evil."
Second, the context of the verse is speaking of natural phenomena.
"I am the Lord, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; 6That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, 7The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these." (Isaiah 45:5-7).
Notice that the context of the verse is dealing with who God is, that it is God who speaks of natural phenomena (sun, light, dark), and it is God who is able to cause "well-being" as well as "calamity." Contextually, this verse is dealing with natural disasters, and human comfort issues. It is not speaking of moral evil; rather, it is dealing with calamity, distress, etc
2007-03-09 22:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by Sternchen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Philosophy is very old indeed. The point is you can not have a concept of good without its opposite evil. it's a package deal. In the Judeo/Christian/Islamic tradition god decides what is good and what is evil. He defines them and therefore represents both. It's clear cut. This is good that is evil. You chose on Faith(key word)
2007-03-09 22:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by The Stainless Steel Rat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes evil is formed by God to test the character of a person
he made evil and order us to get rid of it
but human nature is very much attracted to evil deeds
like adultry is very inviting people go towards it and then suffers the grave consequences
but when they have enough of that they seek God's refuge and only God saves us from that. that is why God
2007-03-09 22:45:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without Evil, you wouldn't have understood what is the Good.
Without the dark; there is no light. Without Sickness there is no medics who help, there is no cure, there is no immunity and blood circulation.. there is death.
Without death for us, animals and insects, the world would have been an unbearable place.
When everybody's Super.. No one will be.
2007-03-09 22:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by Lawrence of Arabia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is created to show how "good" God is...
2007-03-09 22:01:09 · answer #6 · answered by Padma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of those "God is smarter than me" issues. But think about this analogy: what good is a flashlight at noon? You have to have darkness to appreciate light.
2007-03-09 22:01:25 · answer #7 · answered by startthisover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good and evil are part of same coin.it is just like head and tail.you cannot carry tail alone
without carrying head.evil and good are same pheneomenon looked differently.
this contrast is part of divine plan which cannot be helped.
2007-03-09 22:06:57 · answer #8 · answered by bhargavi r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is a world without happiness better than one that has both grief and joy?
2007-03-09 22:07:01 · answer #9 · answered by wewally 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like another contradiction to His character, or is it? The Bible says to place your faith in Him. He has everything under control. Faith, is the key, even when you don't understand it.
In this passage He is once again telling us that everything is in His control....so trust.
2007-03-09 21:59:29 · answer #10 · answered by gtahvfaith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋