Did God Create Evil?
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.
In order for him to choose to be evil, (assuming free choice), evil had to exist before him. Not only because of his love for us, but because he wants our love for him to be real. That means that good and evil have been in existence since our reality began. And since God created our reality, God created both good and evil. CD-ROM online versionGlynn, Patrick. The only evil is the actual taking of life, which God is not responsible for since he did all in his power to warn the condemned. So God not only allowed evil to be created, so that he could give us free will that we might choose him, but he also gave it definition. He would know that Satan would be evil and bring evil in to the world. Not in the acts that he did, but in their rationality. He sends a messenger to warn of the upcoming tragedy, but he knows that what he must do! is for good. In conclusion, I believe that I have given strong evidence to back up my idea that God, either directly or indirectly, created evil.
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