god is goodness and satan is evil, how is it possible that in a time when only god existed and therefore only good existed an angel turned evil? if god is almighty and all there is is him everything is good so how is it possible that evil is born from good?
2007-09-23 13:52:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
but how can god give you the choice of doing something that doesnt exist?? how can an angel become bad when bad doesnt exist?
2007-09-23 14:00:58 · update #1
This is a great question.
The first part of your answer lies in what is "evil". When you say "Satan turned to evil" you seem to imply that evil exists as something that is independent of God and co-equal to God... it doesn't. "Evil" doesn't have an independent existance... Evil is the opposite of God because Evil is what you get when you disobey God.
Evil isn't anything in itself, it isn't something that is "born" or you "turn to". Evil is just ANYTHING that turns away from God.
So Satan had "FREE WILL" He could choose if he wanted to obey God or not. He chose not to.
God made him Free to choose, to say yes or no. When he said "No" he chose evil... because evil is saying no to God.
2007-09-23 14:16:13 · answer #1 · answered by Larry R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gave us free will giving us the oppurtunity to believe or not,lucifer was a beautiful angel but jealous and wanted to be above God,being jealous he wanted and thought he could overpower God and His angels...God shoved him out now we have to put up with him//good and bad has always existed how else would we know the difference sin came along with the fall of Adam
2007-09-23 14:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by loveChrist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan was a good son of God before the creation of humans but in the gardem of Edem he became evil (Ezekiel 28:11)
the reason he felt envy and the bible says in
James 1:13-15 " But each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin; in turn, sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death. "
the end of Satan is dead.
2007-09-23 13:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because God gives his creations choices. Follow him, or go their own way. From these choices sin was created because Satan decided to go his own way...which happened to be AGAINST God.
2007-09-23 13:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by JunkYardPuppy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This reminds me of the Judas paradox. Can you really be good/bad without freedom of choice?
It opens a massive can of worms that goes too deep for a purile religion to handle.
2007-09-23 14:12:25 · answer #5 · answered by Partisan Cheese 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same way it is possible for positive and negative energy to exist.
2007-09-23 13:59:54 · answer #6 · answered by Sal D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same way that mankind is capable of evil.
God loved us so much, he gave us free-will.
Angels also had the ability of independence.
Lucifer sinned through pride & disobedience.
He refused to serve & protect mankind.
2007-09-23 13:58:58 · answer #7 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not .
2007-09-23 13:57:40 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋