Free will is
what creates evil.
Not exact matches
let alone the god they present, one who could have
created any kind of world he wanted, like an author who has complete control over
what shows up in a fictional work; why would god then giddily
create / allow so much pain and
evil?
What kind of azzhole of
created being would be so ungrateful to the one who
created him, to rebel and denounce his creator, and then call Him
evil when He demands justice?
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).
Since man has been
created free to choose between good and
evil, he will be rewarded or punished on Doomsday according to
what he has chosen.
Your god
created everything including «
evil», supposedly with the full knowledge of the consequences... so
what you are in effect saying, is god wanted the holocaust to happen, since we would gain some small knowledge because of it.
It's through that evolutionary process
what we have defined and
created laws on
what is good,
evil, right and wrong.
«18 Hick has characterized this as an Irenaean type of theodicy which «accepts God's ultimate omni - responsibility and seeks to show for
what good and justifying reason He has
created a universe in which
evil was inevitable.
The fallen path which includes natural selection, disease, mutation, etc. (i.e. your suggestion regarding cancer and abnormalities) all leading to death is the process that leads to separation of good and
evil (light and dark) which is
what God
created.
As for damnation, god
creates people knowing exactly
what «
evils» his little creations will do.
When God
created humanity with the freedom to go against His will, this freedom necessitated the possibility that history would go bad if we went against His will, which is exactly
what happened in Genesis 3, and the negative consequences of this decision are felt in Genesis 4 when Cain murders his brother, in Genesis 5, where the phrase «and he died» is repeated over and over and over, and then in Genesis 6 when people become so
evil that the destruction of all mankind becomes inevitable and God steps in to save and rescue Noah and his family.
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.
What makes the Bible such a great book is that it shows the truth about humanity, the evil that sin creates and the truth that the devil is a liar and as Jeremy has stated, has always laid the blame on GOD, but, myself being a fairly new Christian, know that we can not pull certain verses or stories from the Bible to try and understand what GOD is doing, (and I also know that you and your readers know this but I'm saying it anyway) it's history, HIS Story, and when taken as a whole we can see HIS plan laid out, from creation to the cross and then throughout eternity, GOD is good and gracious to ALL!!!! (2 Peter 3:8
What makes the Bible such a great book is that it shows the truth about humanity, the
evil that sin
creates and the truth that the devil is a liar and as Jeremy has stated, has always laid the blame on GOD, but, myself being a fairly new Christian, know that we can not pull certain verses or stories from the Bible to try and understand
what GOD is doing, (and I also know that you and your readers know this but I'm saying it anyway) it's history, HIS Story, and when taken as a whole we can see HIS plan laid out, from creation to the cross and then throughout eternity, GOD is good and gracious to ALL!!!! (2 Peter 3:8
what GOD is doing, (and I also know that you and your readers know this but I'm saying it anyway) it's history, HIS Story, and when taken as a whole we can see HIS plan laid out, from creation to the cross and then throughout eternity, GOD is good and gracious to ALL!!!! (2 Peter 3:8,9).
I thank the «Ancient of Days» for reminding me that I must be more than a «little Mary Sunshine» as I seek to enhance
what is good and struggle with
what is
evil in this God -
created but also God - redeemed world.
a perfect being can
create a perfect world, inhabited by person's that have the free will to choose
evil, which is
what happened.
You said, «a perfect being can
create a perfect world, inhabited by person's that have the free will to choose
evil, which is
what happened.
Here is my
evil plan —
Create a fictional character, have him born into poverty in a part of the world full of strife with no recorded history, cast some doubts on his conception (that will keep them guessing), leave a decade or so gap in his life story, re-introduce him in the middle of nowhere and tell everyone he has all these amazing powers, he confounds and confuses all his followers and tells them not to tell anyone about
what he does or where he is going and Oh yeah, they are all prostiitutes and tax cheats and lepers and the really lowlifes of society, deny them the chance to follow him, set him at odds with both the government and the church powers of his time, cast doubts on his seexuality and intelligence, make it so he refuses anyone to come to his aid and kill him in the most horrible way imaginable, then hide his body, make it so nothing he does can be historically proven.
Since it didn't «work,» it seems like nothing more than gratuitous
evil on the part of God, or at the bare minimum, some sort of childish temper - tantrum when the people He
created stop doing
what He wants.
What if the power to
create «superbabies» fell into the hands of an
evil dictator?
This is a different kind of fear than games such as Resident
Evil are trying to
create, and from
what we can tell, it worked extremely well in Silent Hill 1 and even better in Silent Hill 2.
WHAT: Frankenstein's monster (Aaron Eckhart) gets caught in the middle of a centuries - old war between demons from Hell — whose leader (Bill Nighy) wants to capture the creature to uncover the secret of his reanimation — and the clandestine order of gargoyles
created by the Archangel Michael to protect humanity from
evil forces.
One can wonder though, does Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident
Evil, have
what it takes to once again,
create a truly terrifying survival horror game?
What this sequel reveals is that the elaborate scheme
created by the «
evil» organization, which is trying to save humanity from a debilitating plague (It's such a dastardly goal) but still serves as the collective antagonist of the series, exists solely for there to be an elaborate scheme.
Resource Includes: -
What is suffering - Christian view of suffering - Humanist view of suffering - Shoah and extreme suffering - The problem of
evil and suffering - Christian responses to the problem of
evil and suffering
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.
That's the thing, The
Evil Within works well to
create moments of tension and a chilling atmosphere at times, bombarding the player with utterly grotesque imagery, but then it doesn't really know
what to do with you once it has your attention.
This is a different kind of fear than games such as Resident
Evil are trying to
create, and from
what we can tell, it worked extremely well in Silent Hill 1 and even better in Silent Hill 2.
- will be subtitled «The God of Destruction Malroth and the Vacant Island» - the «God of Destruction Malroth» is the name of the
evil god that appeared in Dragon Quest II - the protagonist is the descendant of the legendary builder that once saved the world - he or she has the same power to build things as their ancestor, but is still inexperienced - while relying on their «Builder's Book,» their goal is to become a full - fledged builder - the game takes place on «Vacant Island,» a huge, unpopulated island without houses or towns - this is where the protagonist washes ashore, and will adventure and build things to
create a bustling island - you can see
what appears to be a man - made temple in the mountains
Once this
evil deed is done the game truly begins, Thalya retreats to the underground and becomes our new Dungeon Keeper, whilst we watch on from above and control everything from
what rooms to
create to who and
what to attack.
Unlike a lot of other survival horror games (looking at you, Resident
Evil) it understands that horror is
created in our own heads through isolation and the fear of
what lurks around the corner, not from simply draining all life from the world.
Resident
Evil 7 captures the nature of
what survival horror is and does a damn good job at
creating a refreshing experience that's not overbearing or tedious, which I personally found with games such as Outlast.
- will be subtitled «The God of Destruction Malroth and the Vacant Island» - the «God of Destruction Malroth» is the name of the
evil god that appeared in Dragon Quest II - the protagonist is the descendant of the legendary builder that once saved the world - he or she has the same power to build things as their ancestor, but is still inexperienced - while relying on their «Builder's Book,» their goal is to become a full - fledged builder - the game takes place on «Vacant Island,» a huge, unpopulated island without houses or towns - this is where the protagonist washes ashore, and will adventure and build things to
create a bustling island - you can see
what appears to be a man - made temple in the mountains