I see evil as being good and therefore they are one in the same, if god created satan as an angel that turned evil with out any other force to turn satan evil then I think that god is both good and evil and therefore evil is good/ good is evil.
Its only humans that separated the two using words.
Don't freak out and get your bonnets in a knot, think about what Im saying here.
2007-09-05
20:32:32
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Weve been given the abbility to do anything on the planet, including murder and rape im not saying that is a good thing but why would God who is 100% pure (apparently) created something that can be both evil and good? Its all through Jesus's teachings, ex.1"how can demons cast out demons?", this is not possible. ex2 "a nation devided against its self cannot stand" God must be both evil and good in order to make these statements.
2007-09-05
21:02:48 ·
update #1
Yes I do mean what I say and yes he does prove it through his creation. Its wonderfull! but men,(his creation as well) are destroying it.
2007-09-05
21:18:24 ·
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If I said to believe that your TV isn't there would you believe it?? I see that as the same thing as believing something that is not there, with that said, what is the point to all of these things besides that we just are and the the bible is and god is. If you saw god coming from the sky and if he told us to believe in him and yet not see him why would he state that he will reveil himself.
Its because he is playing with us and that my friends is a soft version of being evil...thank you
2007-09-05
21:29:06 ·
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It's yin and yang, Good and evil, black and white. You cannot have one with out the other, they both exist. They exist on a higher level and on lower levels, such as yourself, there is good and bad with in everything including ourselves. No one should freak out about that, it's some of the oldest knowledge in the book.
2007-09-05 20:42:53
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answered by I'm Here 4
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Good and Evil are concepts that were created by man to differentiate acts that are considered beneficial to society from those that are detrimental. God is neither good nor bad... God just IS. The Creator made things the way they are and everything that has happened as a result of that creation is completely according to God's nature. We cannot go or do anything outside of God's control.
The choices we make are based upon what we know and our limited perception of what we THINK God wants... But that would be to limit God to a petty entity that feels the same as us.
By the way... Anybody that states, "God is NOT (or cannot be ) evil..." apparently doesn't read the very book that they tout so much.
2007-09-06 03:54:33
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answered by Avatar 2
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Lao tzu once said that Good and Evil are mere words, used by human beings needs to compare. Much like opposing forces; tall/short, cold/hot, they have always been there, it just that the idea was set forth by us humans.
hence, if God was All Good from the start, then He must have been All Evil as well, for He is All-Encompassing.
Satan or Lucifer was just the creation of the Church, to let the people blame on for the follies of the supposed Infalliable God
2007-09-06 03:42:41
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answered by Dumbguy 4
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Be careful. It is blaspheme against the Holy Spirit to call God evil or unclean; Mark 3:22-30.
2007-09-06 09:54:37
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answered by Anonymous
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the problem with Satan was pride- he wanted to be like God- and have the same power as God. God is not evil , He cannot be- it is not in His character. God allows evil however, and that is different, then being evil himself. How can you say evil is good. The definition of both are completely opposite. I am not "getting my bonnets in a knot" as you call it- however I am asking you to show me even one passage of scripture that says God is evil. If you say that good is evil and evil is good , then you can say that murder is good, that hating people is good- and being kind is evil. I don't think so!
2007-09-06 03:40:31
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answer #5
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answered by AdoreHim 7
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Isaiah 5
2007-09-06 04:11:49
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answered by Anonymous
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I'm not gonna freak out; you are just one more fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy; Isa 5:20, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; THAT PUT DARKNESS FOR LIGHT, AND LIGHT FOR DARKNESS". Darkness is satan and light is God. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH. YOU JUST PROVED GOD TRUE. Of course, God proves that each and every day thru His creation!!!! He really doesn't need your help. I don't think you were serious; I hope.
2007-09-06 03:56:28
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answered by Elder Woman 4
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Youre playing around with semantics is all. Its also a weak philisophical argument, as far as the bible goes.
Reminds me of this SNL skit about John Lennon and it was his ghost saying things like: The sky is blue, so remember blue is the sky. No offense meant here, just reminded me of that skit.
2007-09-06 03:45:50
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answered by Loosid 6
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Well you are saying this coz you don't have knowledge how much God is powerful, there was no evil before devil satan.God created Jinns and Humans with free will. satan was Jinn not an angel...study it....Devil has got free will...
GOD HAVE GAVE THIS POWER OF FREE WILL TO HUMANS AND JINNS...THATS WHY YOU ARE SAYING GOOD IS EVIL EVIL IS GOOD.I SAY GOOD IS GOOD AND EVIL IS EVIL
018:050] When We ordered the Angels to prostrate themselves before Adam, they all did _ except Iblees (Shaitan). He is a jinn and he defied the command of your Lord. Yet, instead of Me (Allah) you accept him (Shaitan) and his descendants, as friends _ even though they are the enemies. Evil is the final end of the evil doers.
[007:027] O ye Children of Adam! Let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as He got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the evil ones friends (only) to those without faith.
004:119] "I will mislead them, and I will create in them false desires; I will order them to slit the ears of cattle, and to deface the (fair) nature created by God." Whoever, forsaking God, takes satan for a friend, hath of a surety suffered a loss that is manifest.
[014:022] And Satan will say when the matter is decided: "It was God Who gave you a promise of Truth: I too promised, but I failed in my promise to you. I had no authority over you except to call you but ye listened to me: then reproach not me, but reproach your own souls. I cannot listen to your cries, nor can ye listen to mine. I reject your former act in associating me with God. For wrong-doers there must be a grievous penalty."
002:102] And follow that which the devils falsely related against the kingdom of Solomon. Solomon disbelieved not; but the devils disbelieved, teaching mankind magic and that which was revealed to the two angels in Babel, Harut and Marut. Nor did they (the two angels) teach it to anyone till they had said: We are only a temptation, therefore disbelieve not (in the guidance of Allah). And from these two (angles) people learn that by which they cause division between man and wife; but they injure thereby no-one save by Allah's leave. And they learn that which harmeth them and profiteth them not. And surely they do know that he who trafficketh therein will have no (happy) portion in the Hereafter; and surely evil is the price for which they sell their souls, if they but knew.
[002:168] O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and wholesome in the earth, and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
[002:208] O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.
[051:056] I have not created the jinn and the human kind, (for any reason) except that they should worship Me.
ITS UPTO YOU WHEATHER YOU CHOOSE GOOD OR EVIL.
2007-09-06 04:06:17
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answered by afrasiyab k 3
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So...murdering and raping people is good?
Well, who knew? I guess I'd better get started being "good" then!
Good and evil are more than words. They're a concept, and yes, they do exist apart from the words, much like love and hate.
But when you REALLY think about it, time doesn't exist. That really IS something that is man-made.
2007-09-06 03:40:01
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answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7
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