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Is God responsible for evil?

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Master of Nuhn, Apr 19, 2003.

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  1. Arabwel

    Arabwel Screaming towards Apotheosis Veteran

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    Arabwel, Apr 23, 2003
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    Assuming that the entitiy known as God exists then he must be. And it did say somewhere in the bible that he was a jealous God so the theory of him creating evil to look good isn't all that far fetched.
    But if you think about it it is pain that makes us learn.
    Of course, as I don't believe in God nor evil it really doesn't matter to me, though it may be an interesting thing to debate for the hell of it
     
    Aikanaro, Apr 23, 2003
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    Nah, if He were both evil and vain He wouldn't care about display.

    And no, I don't agree He's responsible for evil on the grounds of the fact that He's created Satan once as a true angel that has fallen.

    Besides, Satan grows in fat on our own precious little evil that we hone within ourselves.
     
    chevalier, Apr 23, 2003
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    If a total lack of selfishness, that is, utter and absolute desire to not help oneself, that it seems to me like that is lack of self-love.

    I believe that when God said "He was a jealous God" in the Bible does not mean that he actually covets things, but does not accept other gods (false, according to the Bible).
     
    Oaz, Apr 23, 2003
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    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Oh? But God knew what he was doing when he created Satan, he knew Satan would go to the dark side and unleashed his eviliness upon us...
    God is responsible, that is to the price to pay for being Omnipotent and Omniscient

    Precioussssssss, yesssss :roll:

    Then good is having a desire to help others? Or good is being close to God?
     
    Morgoth, Apr 23, 2003
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    Morgoth - I'm not a theologist or a philosopher, so I'm not going to say. I was only saying that not helping others is not truly selfish, but that doing everything without yourself in mind means that you just don't care about what's good for yourself, which doesn't seem like what would be "good".
     
    Oaz, Apr 23, 2003
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