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Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
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Mon, 17 Sep 2001 01:44:44 GMT
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I neglected to respond to this...

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
And, remember, if God created all and is omnipotent, God
also created evil and possesses the power to destroy it at
any time.  Evil is not merely the absence of good.

God did not create evil.  Evil is indeed the absence of good, just as cold
is the absence of heat, and centrifugal force is the absence of centripetal
force.

--Ian



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  Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
 
(...) Sorry, if God created everything, God created evil--at least, the capacity for it. Are you implying there are limits to the power of God? Also, good and evil are subjective concepts, arrived at by consensus--though in dogmatic (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Mercy? (Was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer)
 
(...) Ack! No, don't tell me that Reality TV has provided *anything* pithy! (...) And, remember, if God created all and is omnipotent, God also created evil and possesses the power to destroy it at any time. Evil is not merely the absence of good. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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