Did God Create evil or did man
Ever since the beginning of time our reality has been based on the conflict between good and evil. From the story of Adam and Eve to modern day and everything done by the human race has been a battle between these two. Many theologians and scholars have tried to argue the creation of evil. They question if God created it or if man and his perversion of the good created it. Or even if it goes back farther than that, to the angels and Lucifer. Still many have reached the conclusion that evil is man's perversion of God's great gift of free will. However, I do not agree. I believe that evil is inherent in man. I believe that God, whether directly or indirectly, created evil. Many philosophers and theologians have had similar ideas. Even those that would disagree with my view have said things that will back up my argument. St. Augustine was one of the great theologians in church history. He had the idea that man was inherently and totally good until the fall. After the fall, man was both good and evil. A dualistic thought, but nonetheless a very Christian statement because we now had the ability to sin. From that point on, man was not prone to evil, but was born with evil in him. This is what drive
In conclusion, I believe that I have given strong evidence to back up my idea that God, either directly or indirectly, created evil. Overall the basis of our reality is the struggle between good and evil. That means that good and evil have been in existence since our reality began. He fought the evil in himself for many years before he chose God. Many would argue that it is not evil because God has the right to take life even when unjustified, that He is above the laws that He has given to humans. Even in the Garden man didn't know evil. And when he chose the Lord, he chose full hearted and knowing of the evil he was turning away from. He did not want man to love him because there was no other choice; he wanted man to love him because he chooses God over evil. This choice of Lucifer's is not documented at any point in the bible. Again some would say that it was his love that allowed Lucifer to chose that end, but that would still mean that God indirectly created evil. But he only created evil so that we would know and choose good. The actual taking of life, in and of itself, is evil. " A messenger of the Lord sent this, so that the evil may be averted, but the king did not listen and many people died.
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