What is "evil" anyways?
2007-05-08 04:19:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-05-08 04:24:28 · update #1
Isaiah 45:7 states, "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create EVIL: I the LORD do all these things."
Yes, God did create evil, however, God is not the author of sin.
2007-05-11 15:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. God didn't create evil; only the POTENTIAL for evil to exist! Think about this....If Adam and Eve had remained obedient and not NOT eaten of the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, we'd still be running around in an idyllic paradise! Evil is the antithesis of good; the things which bring us the opposite of what we feel inside when we're fed, warm, clothed, provided for in general and haven't been wronged in any way.
2007-05-08 13:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If evil is the antithesis of good and God created all, then yes, God created evil. Don't believe in evil and don't believe in the God of Abraham. You should get a lot of, "No, people sinned and made evil." Good luck though.
2007-05-08 11:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by Momofthreeboys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did the man that built your sidewalk, create cracks between the sections? Evil is like a crack, insubstanatial, yet fully able to trip you. How can 'nothing' be created? The distance between us, and the distance between us and God is sin. It's as big a crack, as the Grand Canyon. If you follow that fault (blame) to it's origen, you'll find a little white lie, told to a lady who listened to a creature so subtle, that it lived in the cracks that God left in his world.
When you see the lines, and cracks in an old man's face, you can trace his world. Wrinkles in our impression of reality, define the reality.
2007-05-08 11:48:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since everything come from God, yes. For Him there is not evil, as much there is not darkness for the sun. When we face the sun, there is not darkness, but when we turn, there is shadow. Similarly, when we face God, everything is good, but when we forget Him and turn our back to Him, immediately there is evil.
2007-05-08 11:27:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welp according to Christians he sort of did by casting Lucifer out of heaven. I suppose it just boils down to what you believe. I don't think evil was created. Nothing is PURE evil and I know everyone is going to throw Hitler in my face. But even Hitler loved dogs. Was he nice or even sane? Nope, but nothing is pure evil in my book.
2007-05-08 11:25:00 · answer #6 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Man created evil with his actions.
2007-05-08 11:28:38 · answer #7 · answered by the shiz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aw...
did God made a man cheat on his wife..when he says he musn't want to sleep with other woman?
well first evil is that satan..who was the most brightfull angel wanted a dignity like the one deserved only by God..the eternal Being with the rights of creator and almighty and our single possible Father..that can make us...
2007-05-08 11:25:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best question yet in r&s. I will ask it later but i bet you dont get one proper anser. If he did create evil why would he do it,surely it would be best to just create good.
2007-05-08 11:31:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, since theists say He's the Alpha and the Omega, everything there is, and more.
Evil is a subjective view of what people believe to be harmful to us, the opposite of what we believe to be good.
2007-05-08 11:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by Ievianty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋