I might believe that the woman who claims to be my mother is in fact my aunt, or that my physics textbook is a conspiracy of lies written by heliocentrists, or that the sense experiences I have are illusions
created by an evil demon.
In the sequel to the 2011 live - action / animation hybrid, Christina Ricci voices Vexy (left) and comedian JB Smoove voices Hackus (right), two new little monsters nicknamed «The Naughties»
created by the evil Gargamel (played again by Hank Azaria).
In Smurf lore, Smurfette was
created by the evil wizard Gargamel (Rainn Wilson) out of a lump of clay to spy on the Smurfs.
For those with clean payment histories, the culprit bringing down their scores is often a formula that sounds like it was
created by an evil mathematician: the «debt usage» or «utilization» ratio.
Having been around since 1987, Capcom's Mega Man has fought countless robots
created by the evil Dr. Wily in order to achieve peace and harmony in a world where robots and humans live together.
Created by the evil Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic returns in Sonic Forces with the sole purpose of taking down our beloved blue hedgehog.
Not exact matches
Politicians have used religion to advance their claims to just wars but in truth, they are not religious conflicts, just a facade
created by atheists to avoid blame for the
evil they cause.
a) that the bible is an imperfect human representation of gods word b) that the bible is a mixture of mythology and divine inspiration c) that the bible was
created in a way that people would understand at the time and intended to be updated d) that a pure message was corrupted intentionally
by evil humans or spirits
@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated
by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him, not the god you are on about that men use to justify their
evil intent, but the God who has
created all things, the God that no one especially you can not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share discovery even with those who would reject Him.
Cosmology theory,
by default, defines God as an Existent God, a perverse mega-creature, who
created evil in the universe so we can step right into the trap.
If Warfield is not concerned with Catholicism, then why in his discussion of the kind of «faith healing» promoted
by men like A. J. Gordon does he claim that it
creates a class of «professionals» who stand between the soul and God and that «from this germ the whole sacerdotal
evil has grown»?
That is, while Griffin acknowledges that Plantinga affirms limitations on God's power in relation to possible worlds containing free human beings, he believes Plantinga to hold «that an actual world devoid of beings with some power of self - determination would be possible» and thus that God could have
created a world containing no
evil simply
by creating a world containing no self - determined beings (GPE 271).
But if (5) is true, then it appears that God could have
created a world inhabited
by free creatures who perform moral good but no moral
evil.
Although my life (as I knew it) was destroyed
by egos
creating evil in my life, the blessings were / are that I'm closer to God than ever.
Hence, only the first interpretation is meaningful, and it can not be used to deduce from the existence of (genuine) moral
evil the nonexistence of benevolent omnipotence, since «whether the free men
created by God would always do what is right would presumably be up to them» (GPE 271).
Creating the universe from nothing, forging a union of human and divine natures, and causing the defeat of
evil — each of these events would involve full ontological determination
by God.
I consider that men DID
create and write the bible, but both Christ and satan are metaphors... christ is the metaphor for the potential good in a person, satan the metaphor for the potential of bad or
evil... given that this is MY definition, and makes much more sense that most other beleifs, then the bible WAS written
by satan, or rather it was inspired
by the bad /
evil side of the minds of the writers.
God
created chaos
by creating evil and this Luifcer guy, killed millions in floods, fires, disasters and then his own son.
There are but two methods of providing against this
evil: the one
by creating a will in the community independent of the majority, that is, of the society itself; the other,
by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable.»
According to Noddings, history (including philosophy, theology, politics, societal structures) up to this point has obscured the nature of the problem of
evil because all systems for dealing with it have been
created, elaborated, and promoted
by and for males.
The temptation that led to this sin as well as to the other
evil in the
created order is to be explained
by the previous rebellion of angels.
I think scripture is a rich metaphor
created by human in an attempt to understand the presence of
evil in the world, as well as to express their hope that it will end.
I get the idea that maybe God
created me to be bothered
by evil like that, even when it's said to have been orchestrated
by God.»
A God who
creates humans who
by definition must be
evil because t hey are not God.
IT was
created by MAN to explain why god would inflict such
evils on them during the black plague!
-- Communism —
evil system
created by atheists!
I see the universe as a perfect and balanced place
created by god in his own special way, he is all powerful and
evil does not exit rather the ability to have freedom of will.
But finally, we are also to be who God
created us to be, unmarred
by this
evil age, the world, Adam's sin or our own sin.
The basic problem to which Paul addresses himself in this passage is the prevalence of sin and
evil in the world
created good
by God.
This word ברא, Barah which means «to finish,» was mistranslated as «
create»
by the devil's followers, so that they could deceive People to falsely believe that the devil who
creates Darkness and
Evil is Yahweh, which is blasphemy against Holy Spirit Yahweh, to falsely claim that Yahweh
created Darkness and
Evil.
If he
created all men he must have known of the
evil that would be done
by them.
But your English Bibles were translated
by Followers of the Devil who blasphemed against Holy Spirit Yahweh, and mistranslated that as» I form the light, and
create darkness: I make peace, and
create evil: I the LORD do all these.»
Jesus is the consummation of all of creation, in Him there is no
evil as
evil does not come from God and was Not
created by Him.
Or handed down
by god who
created mankind in his image through the treachery of a talking snake in a magical fruit tree who disclosed knowledge of good and
evil.
I believe that the demonic force emanating from our collective unconscious,
created by everyone nurturing violent, destructive negative thoughts, which manifested to me is the same
evil force that possessed all these senseless killers.
Albert Camus's interpretation of the call to the contemporary artist to «
create dangerously» is founded upon the spirit of protest made all the more convincing
by Camus's recognition of the involvement of the protester in the
evils which he fights:
Wouldn't they have been
created by an omnipotent, omniscient god so really god only has itself to blame for a)
creating evil humans and b) not being able to devise a better solution.
There are some who say the Bible shows a cycle where God
created the heaven and the earth, it was destroyed
by evil (battle in the principalities) leaving creation in a dark void.
Thus, we
created evil by misusing our freedom.
Thus, as most FWTs see it, the relevant question is which of the following pictures of God is most appealing: (1) a God who
creates individuals who only think they are free but are actually controlled
by God and thus produce no
evil or (2) a God who bestows actual freedom on individuals even though such freedom may produce (has produced) much
evil along with much good.
I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated
by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was
created to assist man, rather than man
created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «
evil» or «good».
The decision to
create a soul surely places constraints on divine power no more and no less restrictive than the physical impossibility of
creating a square circle, 87 wherefore «the supreme miracle of the divine power... consists in being able, through a deep - reaching and all - embracing influence, incessantly to integrate, on a higher plane, all good and all
evil in the reality which that power builds up
by means of secondary causes.»
Recognizing the reluctance of theologians to ascribe love to God, 116 she goes on to observe: «As a noncoercive form of power, love
creates the possibility of
evil by leaving freedom and the future undetermined.»
Also, if one would read Genesis - Malachi then one would know these question asked
by Smithsonian, how we were
created, and why
evil came about, and to help, YHWH made us for His own sake unconditionally; He gave us a choice to decide with our own hearts what, or who we want to be in this world, as well as to who we'll be to HIM, whether being righteous, obedient children, or not the choice is ours we're responsible for our own righteousness in Ezekiel 14:14 - 21.
Whitehead's suggestion of loss, according to Hartshorne, should be read as a reminder «that, while the divine synthesis
creates as much good as the state of the world makes possible, still this does not mean that no harm is done
by evils...» (IP 106).
«
By any means necessary» may appeal to some because it promises full exploitation of every avenue to liberation, but its failure to use only just means results ultimately in
creating more suffering and
evil.
Therefore much new
evils are to be found among tribal peoples which were not there in the traditional society -
evils created by lawless individualism, irresponsible exercise of power and money.
Thus in biblical thought, there are two divine covenants with humanity operating in the face of
evil created by human self - alienation from God — one, the covenant of redemptive grace with Abraham which ends in the Messianic Kingdom of Love and the other, the covenant with Noah of protective law of reverence for life and later with Moses of the Ten Commandments for the preservation of rough justice in society.
If
by social gospel they mean the notion that mankind will eventually evolve out of
evil and
create a utopian society all on its own — then certainly not!
In the light of this broader description of
evil we should reformulate the theodicy problem so as to ask not only about the justification of disorder in a world
created by an allegedly all - good and all - powerful God, but also about a world that seemingly can not exist apart from an intrinsic adventurousness.