Christians: Why can't you ever agree?

Question

When i posted this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070318164445AAZ8zCt&r=w

Some of you said that god didn't create sin, man did (which i already explained isn't possible)... and some of you said satan created sin. Which one is it?

(and some of you just complained about how stupid my question was because you could not answer it)

This is a pretty big thing to not agree on. You guys seem confused about what actually happened. Is it possible that you are wrong about other things the bible says too?

Answer 1

christians believe in lies and the deceptions of their religious beliefs.

Here's some more facts about christians:

hell was created by christians - so shall they go there!

christians have KILLED more people in the history of humanity than any other group.

christians have persecuted millions of "non-believers" just because they DIDN'T believe in "christianity!

christians are by far the most brain-washed - brain-dead believers in the world today!

Here's the Solution, even for christians:

Create a private, personal, direct, divine Relationship with Our Creator and save your Soul from religion.

Only with Our Creator's Love and Peace will we be Truly Free!

Without God, there is No Love; Without religion, there are No Wars!

Answer 2

You need to define sin. Sin is rebellion and disobedience to God and violating His Will and His Laws.

Satan has a free will (power of choice) just like we do. Iniquity was found in his heart (as a man thinketh so is he), by God.

Satan decided on his own free will that he was just as great as God and therefore, wanted to seize his Throne. Such pride on his part.

God said uh uh and booted Satan out of heaven. it all starts with a thought.

Ex. I asked my 1 1/2 year old son if he did such and such. Even though he did it, he lied. Now I did not teach my son to lie but he did what came natural. I had to tell and teach him that it was wrong to lie.

Natural man is sinful and you know it. Now who in their right mind would ever think of the things that evil people do today. It boggles the mind.

Now all that said, there are always opposites. In Genesis 2:9, there was the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil and God planted it. Notice Adam and Eve were innocents up until this time. God gave instructions to the first humans not to partake of this tree. One itty bitty law.

Now the ORIGIN of sin happens when Satan tempts Eve with lies and enticement.

Bam! disobedience happens. Eve failed the test of obedience and by acting by choice, broke God's one law. Thus, sin enters the world.

God did not create sin, Satan did

Answer 3

Like darkness is a lack of light...sin is anything that falls short of the glory of God.

People call Satan the author of sin because Lucifer (Satan before the fall) was the first being to ever sin.

No one ever sinned before Satan. He tempted Adam and Eve. God never sinned. So I think the blame for sin can be placed a great deal on Satan himself.

Answer 4

Obviously you're not referring to me because I am 100% correct when I tell you that man did not create the original sin. Adam and Eve created the first humanly sin, but sin already existed before them, how else could they have been tempted in the first place? I can explain it to you with ease and very specific details if you like. But I just want you to realize that it doesn't even matter if we agree or not. Search the scriptures for yourself and you will find the truth. Or what about using some of that logic you all seem to refer to so much?"

Answer 5

Sin is actually an activity that separates you from God. God did not separate us from Himself. Satan did not create sin, he only created the opportunity. Man chooses to separate himself from God by choosing an action that creates a gap between him and God. Man can be forgiven and allowed back into God's presence but, then again, it is man's choice.

Man, then, created sin. Not Satan or God. Your assumption that man could not create sin doesn't fit with the definition of sin.

Answer 6

The Bible says that Satan was the originator of sin. Scripture says that he sinned from the beginning.


You are from your father the Devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44).



Everyone who commits sin is a child of the Devil; for the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the Devil (1 John 3:8).

Answer 7

There is not an essential teaching on who created sin. The one thing we do agree on is the fact of sin, and that it must be punished. Are you big enough to pay for your own, or would you rather have it already addressed before you stand in judgment? Or are you going to waste your time causing strife in the body of Christ?

Answer 8

We have differnet view on God and Gods word...
And the sad thing is most cant answer that question so they make stupid excuses. Satan is the creator of sin and through humans it entered the world...

Answer 9

when Allah {STW} created us, even an Angel where stunned by saying why something that can do wrong, sin and can destroy themselves. Than Allah {STW} replies to that Angel. Do you know what I do know, and the Angel, than realized that Allah {STW} knows and is the best of all planners. Also Shaitan (Satan is english) only lures among us to make us misslead ourselvs away from Allah {STW} and his messages which give us the people of the world the message. In the sight of Allah {STW} everything is already thire in his mind, He is unique and can not be imangined or be compare to anything. Everything belongs to him and all praises belongs to him alone. (notice, I did not say his messangers, like some people do)

Answer 10

At first it might seem that if God created all things then evil must have been created by God. However, there is an assumption here that needs to be cleared up. Evil is not a "thing" - like a rock or electricity. You can't have a jar of evil! Rather, evil is something that occurs, like running. Evil has no existence of its own - it is really a lack in a good thing. For example, holes are real but they only exist in something else. We call the absence of dirt a hole - but it cannot be separated from the dirt. So when God created, it is true that all that existed was good. One of the good things that God made was creatures who had the freedom to choose good. In order to have a real choice, God had to allow there to be something besides good to choose. So God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or non-good (evil). When a bad relationship exists between two good things we call that evil, but it does not become a "thing" that required God to create it.

Perhaps a further illustration will help. If I were to ask the average person "does cold exist?" - his/her answer would likely be yes. However, this is incorrect. Cold does not exist. Cold is the absence of heat. Similarly, darkness does not exist. Darkness is the absence of light. Similarly, evil is the absence of good, or better, evil is the absence of God. God did not have to create evil, but rather only allow for the absence of good.

Look at the example of Job in Job chapters 1-2. Satan wanted to destroy Job, and God allowed Satan to do everything but kill Job. God allowed this to happen to prove to Satan that Job was righteous because he loved God, not because God had blessed him so richly. God is sovereign and ultimately in control of everything that happens. Satan cannot do anything unless he has God's "permission." God did not create evil, but He allows evil. If God had not allowed for the possibility of evil, both mankind and angels would be serving God out of obligation, not choice. He did not want “robots” that simply did what He wanted them to do because of their "programming." God allowed for the possibility of evil so that we could genuinely have a free will and choose whether we wanted to serve Him or not.

Ultimately, there is not an answer to these questions that we can fully comprehend. We, as finite human beings, can never fully understand an infinite God (Romans 11:33-34). Sometimes we think we understand why God is doing something, only to find out later that it was for a different purpose than we originally thought. God looks at things from an eternal perspective. We look at things from an earthly perspective. Why did God put man on earth knowing that Adam and Eve would sin and therefore bring evil, death, and suffering on all mankind? Why didn’t He just create us all and leave us in Heaven where we would be perfect and without suffering? The best answer I can come up with is this: God didn’t want a race of robots who did not have a free will. God had to allow the possibility of evil for us to have a true choice of whether to worship God or not. If we never had to suffer and experience evil, would we truly know how wonderful heaven is? God did not create evil, but He allowed it. If He hadn’t allowed evil, we would be worshipping Him out of obligation, not by a choice of our own free will.

Answer 11

Satan was the first to commit sin. Adam and Eve brought sin into the human world