Posted on 12/18/2005 4:18:30 PM PST by kevnmoon
Why are devils created? Almighty God created Satan and evils; what is the wisdom in it? Isn’t the creation of evil, evil, and the creation of bad, bad? God forbid, the creation of evil is not evil, the ‘acquisition’ of or desire for evil, rather, is evil. For creation and bringing into existence look to all the consequences, whereas such desire looks to a particular result, since it is a particular relation. For example, there are thousands of consequences of rain falling, and all of them are good. If through mischoice, some people receive harm from the rain, they cannot say that the creation of rain is not mercy, they cannot state that the creation of rain is evil. For it is due to their mischoice and inclination that it is evil for them. Also, there are numerous benefits in the creation of fire, and all of them are good. But if some people receive harm from fire through their misuse of it and their wrong choice, they cannot say that the creation of fire is evil; because it was not only created to burn them. Rather, they thrust their hands into the fire while cooking the food through mischoice, and made that servant inimical to themselves. The lesser evil is acceptable for the greater good. If an evil which will lead to a greater good is abandoned so that a lesser evil should not be, a greater evil will then have been perpetrated Thus, the creation and bringing into existence of evils, harms, tribulations, satans, and harmful things, is not evil and bad, for they are created for the many important results they yield. For example, satans have not been set to pester the angels, and the angels cannot progress; their degrees are fixed and deficient. Thus, through the creation of satans and the mystery of man’s accountability and the sending of prophets, an arena of trial and examination and striving and competition has been opened so that coal-like base spirits may be differentiated and separated out from diamond-like elevated spirits. If there had been no striving and competition, the potentialities in the mine of humanity which are like diamonds and coal would have remained equal. This means that since the creation of satans and evils looks to great and universal results, their being brought into existence is not evil or bad. The evils and instances of bad that arise from abuses and the particular causes known as inclination or choice pertain to man’s ‘acquisition’ and choice, not to Divine creation.
I believe God also created paragraphs.
God greated nutbar moonbats too.
Too much eggnog Kevn?
Go zot yourself.
Ack!! Ack, Ack!!
somewhere there is a spaceship hiding behind a comet
Are you a God warrior?
All FReepers wise and wonderful,
All trolls, great and small,
All posts bright and idiotic,
The Lord God created them all.
:)
*snort*
Kevin, why don't you go somewhere and get yourself a blog? FREEREPUBLIC is not simply a place for you to put any vanity (self-written) article you choose, ad infinitum.
"posts" = "posters" so I reckon I know where I fit in.....:-P
See #16 for typo edit.
*arrrgh*
"My son, if thou would be wise, think before thou dost type, and truly understand the use of capitals, commas and paragraph breaks." Beebers 12:22
“In those days shall odd things be posted, with none grasping the significance thereof: neither men, nor mods, nor cats, nor their kittens.” -- Beebers 9:17.
*clapping*
Oh, for Chrissake. He created Lucifer, a good being! Lucifer f'ed up, fell and became Satan. Geez! Stop with the overanalysis.
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