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To: RoosterRedux
For God to stop that would mean that we would no longer have free will and we would, essentially, be nothing more than robots.

In fact, there would be no point to human existence.

12 posted on 06/11/2017 5:38:54 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Gee it feels great to be a gangster.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
The reality of evil in God's creation is far more complex than a quick answer would even begin to explain. One aspect of evil is the 'evolution' of the human being, and God's way of giving us choice. Yes, without the Righteous Nature of the Loving God, there would be no contrast. But that is merely a starting point for examining the issue.

And aspect seldom if ever addressed is the result if God were constantly addressing theeffects of evil deeds ...

It is understood in Psychology that when one is constantly pushing against something, that thing becomes a part of us, such that we have definition by and because we push against it.

If God were constantly dealing with the effects of evil, the source of evil would be, in effect, become a part of the Good, a means of defining Good. By evil's effect constantly being dealt with by God, the source of the evil would have become a large part of the reason for Good / God's existence.

The Bible tells us there is coming a point beyond which God will have sequestered evil' source for it to never surface again from that source, to manipulate humankind. If during the interim for that date God were constantly addressing the effects of evil, the source for evil would be motivating / manipulating GOD. THAT is not WHO God is. To be sure, an accounting is coming, but as the Universe now runs God is not being manipulated by the source of evil.

18 posted on 06/11/2017 6:14:44 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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