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[[Without God the concept of Evil/Suffering is a societal construct]]

Subjective societal construct at hat- We’re at the whims of those that think they know better than we do what our morality should be- but the problem is their idea of morality is purely subjective- not objective- Only a truly moral agent can construct a truly objective and fair morality- ie God-

[[Society cannot define the opposite as that definition would need to be defined by consensus.]]

Subjective consensus- just look at the ‘consensus’ on gay marriage (by the supreme court)- they threw out objective morality and decided based solely on their subjective feelings on the issue which were contrary to the word of God and His objective morality

[[As such anyone with any amount of freedom could disagree and redefine Evil as something else]]

Exactly- subjective decisions-

[[The only way you can concretely define Evil is to have a moral standard outside humankind that can be used to compare an action to so as to define its relative value.]]

Exactly- a God incapable of immorality is the only One capable of objective morality 100% of the time

[[covetousness]]

The root of all evil- A Word we don’t think about often- people will often say “Pray for me I am an ____ fill in blank- ie angry person, hateful person, jealous person etc” but we seldom admit to being covetous- but most sins stem from coveting when it comes right down to it-

[[The atheist will not accept this definition not because it is false but rather because it is true and that would require them view themselves as accountable to God.]]

Bingo- there are no true atheists- there are only those who ignore the promptings of the Holy Spirit, and declare that God doesn’t exist- for the very reason you stated- The Holy spirit witnesses to EVERY soul the existence of God- Even to atheists- There are no exceptions- The Atheist however has learned to ignore this witness of the Holy Spirit in their lives, again, for the very reason you point out