[kosta50]

I can't think of anyone on my side [i.r. Protestant, Calvinist] who has ever argued here that God causes evil, and I don't think I have heard from anyone that God actively sends people to hell

To cause — the one, such as a person, event, or condition, that is responsible for an action or result

I think Isa 45:7 says it clearly enough: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

[Forest Keeper]

FK: "I can't think of anyone on my side [i.e. Protestant, Calvinist] who has ever argued here that God causes evil, and I don't think I have heard from anyone that God actively sends people to hell.

I think Isa 45:7 says it clearly enough: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."

Is that a quote from your Bible, Kosta? I'll have to remember the Orthodox translation. :)

Speaking only for myself, and at my level of development, I do not equate bad things that happen NECESSARILY with evil. God caused the flood, which was a disaster (the word my Bible uses). Was this evil, even though all on earth, save 8, died? I would say 'No'. It was righteous by definition, BECAUSE God did it. In my view, evil results from satan's rejection of God, and evil results from man's rejection of God. If that is right, then evil can have nothing to do with God, in my opinion.