apotropaic
apotropaic: to ward of off evil. eg: calling a deity or the fates "good" with the intention of warding off bad events, fate, etc.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apotropaic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotropaic_magic
2007-11-12 05:50:20 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A omnipotent deity cannot also be benevolent.
Its followers can claim that it is; it can claim to be; it might even believe that it is. It cannot be.
A Creator-Of-All by definition created everything including evil.
2007-11-12 05:52:41 · update #1
We are frightened of a deity that has power over us that is NOT all nice.
2007-11-12 05:53:36 · update #2
We are frightened of a deity that knows all of our sins and might tell.
2007-11-12 05:55:22 · update #3
I'm trying to figure out if there's anyone who claims to follow a benevolent God who created evil.
There are lots of people who believe in a just God, and your post doesn't argue against a just God who created evil.
The jury is also out on whether God created evil or just allows it to exist. Or if there's a difference.
In the end, all you've managed to do is refine people's description of their God. You haven't changed reality or turned anyone away from their beliefs. What was your point?
2007-11-12 05:57:31 · answer #1 · answered by Craig R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There I stood; ; must have been hallowed ground. I could not see the touch upon my mind, but I did feel something falling off me. Was I naked now? It sure did feel like I was. Where did the fall start? It had to of started at the top of my head, God had the deterrent I was searching for, I knew this shortly after my new" word robe" was placed over my head. A new " word robe". All the sin words had been washed away, and I felt regenerated. This was indeed a great day for me...
2007-11-12 14:02:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's your definition of "evil" that's skewed.
Evil is not the OPPOSITE of good, but the ABSENSE of good.
That might not make sense at first, but let me give you a couple of illustrations that might help enlighten you.
Cold is not the OPPOSITE of hot, but the ABSENSE of heat. You can remove the heat from a body until there is no more heat left - absolute zero. But once there is no more heat, you can not add additional cold. When we say that something is cold, that is a relative term meaning that there is less heat than is comfortable, but you can not actually ADD cold to a body.
Likewise, "dark" is not the OPPOSITE of "light", but it's absense. Again, you can remove the total amount of light from an area, but once you have removed ALL light, you can not add more darkness. Again, we say that a room is dark, or getting darker, but in reality what we mean by this relative term is that the room has less light. Darkness is not something you can ADD to a room that is lit.
Finally, evil is not the OPPOSITE, but the ABSENSE of good.
God can no more create EVIL, than a LIGHT bulb can create DARKness. When you reject God and all that is good, the total amount of evil, relatively speaking, appears to be more, but in reality, there is just less good.
God did not create evil. When you push him away, there is a "vacuum" of evil, just as when you remove the light from a room, there is darkness; or when you remove the heat from a room, the room is (relatively speaking) "colder".
Now, when you view things from a more realistic perspective, your non-question loses it's meaning.
Now, MY question to YOU: Do you accept God, or are you "adding evil" (be reducing the amount of good, by rejecting God"? That is to say, are you part of the solution against evil, or are you part of the problem by rejecting God's rightful Authority in your life?
2007-11-12 14:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My creator created all including evil. With the sole purpose of destroying evil. My Bible in the end says that hell, the grave, the devil, the son of perdition, and the false prophet will all be cast into the Lake of Fire. Where there will be no more evil for ever and ever
2007-11-12 14:08:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tommiecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to mention free will. Free will, be it to act justly and compassionately or evil and selfish, is what God has allowed.
Creation is a concept of giving form and life-giving, the behaviour that we each choose to engage in has been allowed by God (free will). Evil is not created, it is behavioural action by the individual's choice.
2007-11-12 14:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whoa! sister you did a lot of homework and got your panties in quite a knot.
Take a nap and feel better when you get up.
I don't know which god you are talking about because my God is good all the time...
2007-11-12 13:58:52 · answer #6 · answered by theladygeorge 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was alot more than one word.
If an omnipotent being wants to be benevolent, I'm sure He has the ability to do it.
2007-11-12 13:55:52 · answer #7 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
he created free will and with that is the possibility of evil
2007-11-12 14:03:13 · answer #8 · answered by Lo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong !
Evil is the absence of good like dark is the absence of light.
2007-11-12 13:54:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I don't mean to be rude, but do you think one word and wikipedia definition is going to make people doubt their religions?
2007-11-12 13:54:05 · answer #10 · answered by ~Think About It~ 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋