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Debate:Did God create evil? (view source)
Revision as of 22:25, July 20, 2012
, 22:25, July 20, 2012→No
For the one (and many others) who said "No good can exist without evil", I hope you won't think this way if you got robbed next time you are on the street, and still think it is necessary.[[User:Kmcheng|Kmcheng]] 12:17, 25 December 2008 (EST)
For the one (and many others) who said "No good can exist without evil", I hope you won't think this way if you got robbed next time you are on the street, and still think it is necessary.[[User:Kmcheng|Kmcheng]] 12:17, 25 December 2008 (EST)
No, God didn't create evil. The word translated "evil" - "ra'" - in Isaiah 45:7 by the KJV actually would be better translated calamity or adversity, as noted in the most recent version of the Scofield Bible notes.
http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/kjv/ra.html
Just look at the verse: "Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things." Light is indeed the opposite of darkness, but evil is not the opposite of peace; rather, that would be calamity or strife. God does create adversity, misfortune, and strife, but God is not the author of sin and evil. To quote the Scofield,
<blockquote>
[1] create evil
Heb. "ra" translated "sorrow," "wretchedness," "adversity," "afflictions," "calamities," but never translated sin. God created evil only in the sense that He made sorrow, wretchedness, etc., to be the sure fruits of sin.
</blockquote>
http://sco.biblecommenter.com/isaiah/45.htm
--[[User:Jzyehoshua|Jzyehoshua]] 18:25, 20 July 2012 (EDT)
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