Because why would we entrust ourselves to anyone after parents neglected, babysitters
made evil choices, and boys ruined us?
(Of course I'm well aware of free will, but even knowing people can
make evil choices doesn't negate the feeling I have that God could've done something sooner.)
To completely have free will, I must be able to
make an evil choice (to hate the person) as well as good choices (to love or respect the person).
Not exact matches
I think it's somewhat plausible to say that god gives us the
choice to do
evil, which accounts for human -
made wrongdoing.
As the pastor says, He endowed us with free will and we
make choices between good and
evil.
His characters always seem to come to life and often are
making choices about good and
evil.
@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.
Only such location of the basic
choice between good and
evil at this time and place can
make the vow «Never Again!»
The Bible and some of Stephen Kings books help me distinguish that good and
evil exists in the premeditated
choices that people
make.
God sacrificed himself to himself to exploit a loophole in the plan he
made himself that he himself caused to go south by providing a
choice to people who didn't have the knowledge of good and
evil to know that is was
evil to choose to eat of the tree.
Christians
make a
choice to do
evil.
«
Evil» comes from people
making bad
choices that cause unnecessary damage to other people and things.
Hitler figured out a way to exterminate people based purely on a
choice they
made by free will (their religious affiliation), he only killed a few million people and he is considered the embodiment of human
evil.
He confronts his adversaries, calls us to look at the «facts,» returns us to time - honored values, articulates the differences between good and
evil and then
makes the right
choice.
Choices may be
made in the world which result in distortion or blockage; there are
evils, to use the traditional word, which can and do interfere with the realization of a pattern that is good and right.
In the hymns of Zoroaster God's primal act is a decision within himself which prepares and
makes possible the self -
choice of good and
evil by which each is first rendered effectual and factual.
But I
make the
choice to use what I've been given and throw it back in the face of
evil... not in the face of my God.
And yet, the decisive
choice of
evil does have a certain logic and we can
make at least some sense of it.
Again, free will in play,
evil made its way into the world by selfish
choices.
God created the capacity for
evil when he gave us the ability to
make a
choice.
He told us which
choices to
make that would lead to the good, or to the
evil, as I have pointed out already.
I believe that
evil was defeated that day and, its taking humankind time to
make the
choices not to do
evil but come to a place of thriving, and peace for all.
However, unlike us, they don't have material bodies and don't live in the material world — this effectively means that, whatever
choice they
make, whether for good or for
evil, their decision is final.
«
Evil» comes from people
making bad
choices that cause damage to other people and things.
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.
You may be choosing nothing more than the lesser of two
evils» a Beelzebub rather than a Lucifer» but in
making the
choice you are banding together with others of varying degrees of unanimity.
An increase in the proportion of conceptual innovation which is persuasive, also increases the possible tragic
evil if a wrong
choice is
made.
The Calvinistic doctrine of Total Depravity does not teach that each of us goes astray or turns away, but rather that we are born that way, that before we can even
make a
choice for good or
evil, we are predisposed to only choose the
evil.
Rather, the
evil is the result of finite
choices other than God's; but it is taken up and
made the best of in God's own subsequent events.
By the freedom to
make real
choices involving good and
evil, God let man become real.
To say that God took away mankind's
choice to obey and repent is to
make God the author of
evil because now no - one could ever
make a decision to seek God.
Now, as to free will The Tree of Good and
Evil and the Tree of life were in the Garden before Adam and Eve had
made the
choice to reject God.
One has to
make a
choice, one is real and one is an
evil imposter.
For a particular behavior to be considered
evil, the person committing the act must be in a position to knowingly
make a moral
choice between doing something wrong and doing something right, choosing the bad action over the good.
God is real, Jesus is real, satan is real, good is real,
evil is real, sin is real and so is salvation & man's need for it... we all have a
choice to
make & it is a
choice that we will be held accountable for: believe God & receive salvation through His Son, or reject them... I simply pray for all who don't believe in Our Heavenly Father & His Son; I pray you will come to His marvelous light
A story which revolves around the kind of
choice that every individual must
make to be on the side of life rather than death, and which understands that the seeming triumph of the
evil one must in the end be endured in love and obedience, can not be dismissed as a neopagan rave - up.
In my opinion, it's the lesser of two
evils and we should have that
choice to
make for ourselves.
D's pale, ivory pink skin
made her the perfect
choice to play
evil vampire Jane in the Twilight saga, and it didn't hurt in pulling off this gorgeous sparkly sequined dress either!
No longer do you have a good or
evil choice, its linear and no decision you
make has any outcome whatsoever on the ending.
We moved on to reliving the past by proxy, the worst kind of
evil, the kind that thinks its doing the right thing, and an unconventional
choice for a book report Taylor
made in high school that is reflected, albeit briefly, in the film.
With few
choices over the holiday weekend, Deliver Us From
Evil provides enough scares to delight horror fans and possibly to
make some of the more religious members of the audience want to cleanse themselves by attending church shortly after watching.
Makiguchi declared, «Considering the aspect of the present world, I believe nothing is as
evil as the confusion of cognition and evaluation, since the mixing of the two
makes it hard for a person to understand and causes him to assume an uncertain attitude toward his
choice and decision.»
I think she
made a poor
choice, and once committed didn't know how to go back, but if she was truly vindictive she wouldn't have told Alice's daughter that Alice was a good person; I think she would have lied and said Alice was
evil.
The
choices you are asked to
make are interesting and somewhat tricky, but only in the sense that you're picking between the lesser of two daft
evils.
Though there have been plenty of videogames that have provided players the ability to
make moral
choices, none have managed to capture the many complex decisions that occur in that gaping divide between sickeningly good and seriously
evil.
Now, the U.S. Resident
Evil accounts have
made a similarly conspiracy - heavy
choice.
The ability to
make good and
evil choices, and having those
choices alter the way the A.I. reacts to you as well as your physical appearance, has been seen plenty since 2004.
The
Evil Within 2 manages to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to traditional survival - horror titles while experimenting in new ground and refining mechanics, but the odd
choice in voice actors and simplified plot
make it lack the personality of the first title.
Also kinda hoping to see some
evil Cole in there especially since the game revolves around
making the
choice to be good or
evil.
These
evil creatures, that as you play you learn why they exist, will attack you and a
choice will have to be
made; stick with you're partner and risk both of you getting attacked, or split up and hope to fine each other again.