Since God created everything then he created good and evil?

Answer 1

I would guess that he gave everyone the capacity for Good and Evil.

Exactly which one you choose is up to you

Answer 2

In response to Steve C's answer... Satan is just an angel that said no to God. So evil is not because of Satan. Evil is created by God because He gave us free will, which means that we had the free will to turn from God and do evil things.

Answer 3

Yes, God created everything, then he looked at everything he created, and called it good.

But, sin/evil was not brought into the world until man/woman disobeyed God.

Sin/evil was caused by disobedience, and God knew that it would happen, but did not "create" it. Evil is not tangible, it lingers in the hearts of men/women.

Answer 4

Well, no. The God energy creates and powers this existence. God facilitates the creation of all things, but it is humans who interpret them into good and evil - which really just boils down to what I like and what I don't like, what I can live with and what I can't, or even what makes me feel good and comfortable and what does not. God makes things. Humans label them.

Peace!

Answer 5

God must like opposition. If there is a god who is all-knowing, has all the power and knowledge in the universe, and created everything, then he/she/it must have known when he/she/it created the devil that this would ultimately cause some problems, not to mention confusion amongst us humans.
It makes no sense that god would create something that is totally against him/her/itself. This has always puzzled me. But, I'm sure the christians in here will have an answer to this one too.

Answer 6

An evil deed is defined as one that is morally wrong. It is an act perpetrated by someone who can choose between doing good and doing evil. Somehow his moral judgment becomes warped and evil wins out. But why and how does this happen?

Religious explanations for evil are often unsatisfying. Catholic philosopher Thomas Aquinas claimed that “many good things would be taken away if God permitted no evil to exist.” Many Protestant philosophers hold similar views. For example, as stated in The Encyclopædia Britannica, Gottfried Leibniz considered evil to be “a mere set-off to the good in the world, which it increases by contrast.” In other words, he believed we need the evil so that we can appreciate the good. Such reasoning is like telling a cancer patient that his sickness is just what is needed in order to make someone else feel truly alive and well.

Evil intentions must come from somewhere. Is God indirectly to blame? The Bible answers: “When under trial, let no one say: ‘I am being tried by God.’ For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.” If God is not responsible, who is? The following verses give the answer: “Each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire. Then the desire, when it has become fertile, gives birth to sin.” (James 1:13-15) Thus an evil deed is born when an evil desire is nurtured rather than rejected. However, that is not the whole picture.

The Scriptures explain that evil desires arise because humanity has a fundamental flaw—inherent imperfection. The apostle Paul wrote: “Just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned.” (Romans 5:12) Because of inherited sin, selfishness may well overrule kindness in our thinking, and cruelty may override compassion.

Of course, most people know instinctively that certain behavior is wrong. Their conscience—or ‘law written in their hearts’ as Paul calls it—dissuades them from committing an evil deed. (Romans 2:15) Still, a cruel environment can suppress such feelings, and a conscience can become deadened if it is repeatedly ignored.—Compare 1 Timothy 4:2.

Can human imperfection alone explain the orchestrated evil of our time? Historian Jeffrey Burton Russell observed: “It is true that there is evil in each of us, but adding together even large numbers of individual evils does not explain an Auschwitz . . . Evil on this scale seems to be qualitatively as well as quantitatively different.” It was none other than Jesus Christ who pinpointed this qualitatively different source of evil.

Not long before his death, Jesus explained that the men who were planning to kill him were not acting entirely of their own volition. An unseen force guided them. Jesus told them: “You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a manslayer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth.” (John 8:44) The Devil, whom Jesus called “the ruler of this world,” clearly has a prominent role in fomenting evil.—John 16:11; 1 John 5:19.

Both human imperfection and satanic influence have exacted their toll for thousands of years. And there is no sign that their grip on mankind is slackening.

Answer 7

God did create everything, which is sometimes confusing, as that includes evil, although God wants us to do good, but he wants us to serve him with a willing heart, obedience isn't really obedience when there is no choice, that's service, not love. He wanted us to be creatures of free will, to choose if we will love Him or not.

Answer 8

Exactly right. One cannot justify the creation of Lucifer, with an all knowing God, without admitting that he knew he was in effect creating evil.

Answer 9

Yes, he must have, where else could evil have come from? Without the Devil, God would have no purpose. They must have been created at the same time for either to exist.

Answer 10

According to the bible he did create evil ...I would love to hear a fundie explain this

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7

Answer 11

Satan turned away from Gods very plan, all that will be wiped away, all the evil will be wiped from this earth, God warned Adam and Eve not to follow satan, They did and we are sinning now, Jesus Christ had to go to that cross so we could be forgiven, when Jesus returns, satan and all his demons will be thrown into the firery pit. And those that knew Jesus Christ as thier savior will meet Jesus and will go to The Holy Kingdom.