If God really does exist, and if he is a god of love. Then why did he even create humans so that they could become evil if they chose to do so? If he's a good of love, then wickedness, hatred, evilness, and all such bad things should not even have existed. Then the serpent (satan) would not have induced eve to eat the fruit, and Eve wouldn't have sinned, and cursed the entire Human race...
So why did he create evil in the first place?
2007-11-24 05:45:28 · 16 answers · asked by modern_elegance 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
he did not create evil... evil developed long before the garden... when Lucifer, God's most beautiful angel and the minister of music said he wanted to be God... he tried to take over the kingdom... he led a revolt and he and his followers were casts into the pits of hell... from there he made it his work to try and steal as many souls from God as he possibly could... When God created Adam and Eve satan saw his first opportunity and took the form of the serpent to intice them into falling to his side rather than staying on the lord's
2007-11-24 05:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by justagirl 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The word for "evil" in the Hebrew is ra`ah which is more accurately translated, "adversity".
However, it can also be used as "evil", and if this is the case, then you must understand that free will without choice is an illusion. Evil did not just pop out of no where, it had to be given the potential to be chosen. Who created the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? It was God. Satan cannot create, so Satan did not create the potential for evil, it was God who created it. Whether one chooses or shuns it is the entire point.
2007-11-24 14:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has given us "free will" to do as we please. We can either accept Him or reject Him. If there was no other choice and we were all "good" then we would just be puppets under His strings. You know the pain you feel when you sin. This is designed into you by His hand. You (everyone) is evil - ALL have sinned. (except one) Through the insightful design of God, He has allowed us a path to find comfort even in our sin. If you really want to see this in action - spend some time in a prison ministry. You asked - I dare you!!!!
2007-11-24 14:00:58 · answer #3 · answered by craig b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satin is an angel who went against god so was put on earth when it was created and Adam and Eve are the fault for original sin(evil) for obeying the devil and disobeying god. If they never had then all would be good and we would all live in peace and happiness.
2007-11-24 13:54:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think a better question would be "did God create evil"? Because this is the assumption you base your question on, but I have not found that information in the Bible.
2007-11-24 13:54:28 · answer #5 · answered by Todd P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everything that can exist, does exist by virtue of God's omnitpotence and omniscience. Because God is all powerful, His just knowing the possibility of something makes it exist.
2007-11-24 13:51:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't create evil. Man exploited the freedom they recieved by bringing down others.
2007-11-24 13:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by ~*Felicity*~ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God wants us to evolve into a new and much better order of being, superspiritual. The devil is necessary so as to torment us, to spread problems, to do the things that we must overcome as part of our training and development.
2007-11-24 13:52:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many bible bangers would say to help us learn bla bla bla.....when in all reality god did not create evil....evil is choice if some one is evil they chose that path........god doesnt control us.......we have choices
2007-11-24 14:04:25 · answer #9 · answered by Mrs ACO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he didnt create evil. adam and eve sinned and made us all born with sin. but evil started even before this. a former angel named lucifer disobeyed God and now we call him the devil.
2007-11-24 13:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by Midnight Rose 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋