Evil is non-existent in that it is not an entity, yet we all know it exists because we are aware of it's presence. But where did it come from? When was it created and who created it? Since God created the world and everything in it, God must have also created Evil. But, why would God do that? Why would this God who loves us unlimitedly and unconditionally who to share with us his kingdom and eternal life create Evil. And place us to live on earth with it? Was it a test? Is God playing with us and testing out faith and loyalty? Since it is not an entity, no one created it and thus it has no creator. But where does this presence we feel come from? Well, we create it! We created evil by choosing something other than God. Every time we distance ourselves from God by choosing things that do not follow the commandments, well that's evil, the orientation of Will that drifts us from good.
The Church believes in the positive value of creation. God created everything, and since God is good, isn't everything he created good? So God could not have created evil.
Einstein believed in God, but he couldn't believe in the Bible God because of this dilemma. Einstein argued that God could not be all-good and all-powerful at the same time. Some people later argued that God tolerate evil because he is not all-good and others believed God can't prevent evil, even though he would like to, because he is not all-powerful.
However The Bible clearly states that God is both all-good and all-powerful! He did create humans and in this divine creation he created Free Will. This Free Will is not fake, nor limited. It is the legitimate ability to do what we please. Because of this Will, we may choose to do things that God never intended us to do and this deficiency in the human Free Will is Evil.
This evil does not start with only our choice, we also live with evil created by others before us. Like a plague, evil has spread throughout history.
Evil is simply the absence of God. ... God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. ... This means that in fact God did not create evil, but evil is just the result of 'what happens when man does not have God's love present'. Einstein asserts: 'Evil is simply the absence of God.' ...
Since man was created in the image of God, Eve should not be held completely accountable as the root of all evil. ... The ultimate source of evil was not actually Eve, but the serpent. ... Is "hope" an element within evil? ... Zeus was an angry god and was more vindictive than God himself. ... Children are born from the womb of this evil creature we know as woman. ...
Existence of God and the Problem of Evil Throughout history atheists and theist alike, have argued to disprove or prove the existence of God. The atheist stands behind the argument that there is no way a supremely good God could allow evil to exist in our world because God allowing such evil to exist is converse to the character that theist have depicted God to be. ... Atheists have argued that if moral evil exists then God is the culprit behind it. ... However, when examining how free will contributes to evil it is easy to see how God can exist with the presence of evil. ... Therefore,...
The Son, Jesus is God incarnation. ... God is omniscient. ... If He were all-powerful then surely He would change the future outcome so everything was good rather than evil happening. Also if He was all-powerful then why is there all the evil and suffering in the world there is, if He has the power to do something about it. ... Doesn't this mean that by sending a person to hell for a offence that was a limited crime, He is doing evil as Hell in an unlimited punishment, and therefore going against His own character. ...
Philosophy of Religion The Existence of God, The existence of evil. ... Because of this duality, I will explore both their positive qualities and detracting features, then look at the ultimate enigma pertaining to the existence of the Judao-Christian god: Evil. ... If god must accept the mantle of "the creator of all evil", he completely ceases to be the god of Christ. So that God retains his innate goodness, one may argue that god did not create evil, he only allowed for humans to have freethinking minds and humans are the ones that chose to do evil. ... To refute this, one co...
After all, evil did not come from God, it must have come from a source other than God. If this true, then is it not possible that God could have prevented evil from entering into the world as He is God? Evil is clearly see evil in the world, did God allow it to enter? ... Since all things were made with goodness by God originally, then when things are evil, they are deprived of the goodness that God gave them. ... Evil does not come from God rather evil is a reduction of good. ...
The problem of evil in the world often raises many questions about God and whether he is actually omniscient, omni-benevolent, and omnipotent. ... God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, yet they were tempted by the serpent to disobey God and as a result they ate the forbidden fruit. So the Lord God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. ... Still, some people believe that if God is the Creator of all things and evil is a thing, then God is the Creator of evil, and he is to blame for its existence. ... God is not the one w...
Evil: Kinds of evil in our lives Step outside. ... Some of the question that arises are, "Why would God allow such and such to happen? ... Maybe God wanted to put obstacles in our lives, maybe he wanted to test us to see what our strengths and weaknesses were. ... If the person making the complaints is the one with the cigarette in his mouth, then he is in no position to question God. ... But humans have to make choices; they cannot just depend on God to make the choices for them....
In this sense God created evil. ... God created Lucifer and Lucifer is evil, or created evil, so therefore God had a part in the creation of evil itself. ... Man had no knowledge of evil until God told us of it. ... So in doing so God does not do evil. ... God gave us those laws, in part, to define evil. ...