[adiaireton8]

I was simply trying to understand where you are coming from. If you think evil is synonymous with sinful, then either you think there are no natural evils (e.g. major birth defects, tsunamis that kill thousands of peoples, childhood leukemia, miscarriages, etc.) or you think that such things are sinful.

-A8

[armydoc]

I was simply trying to understand where you are coming from. If you think evil is synonymous with sinful, then either you think there are no natural evils (e.g. major birth defects, tsunamis that kill thousands of peoples, childhood leukemia, miscarriages, etc.) or you think that such things are sinful.

No, I don't believe such non-human things such as diseases or natural disasters are "sinful". They are, however, the result of sinful man- such things came about only after the initial rebellion of man towards God. If you want to say those things are "evil", fine. I don't have a problem saying that "sinful" is a subset of "evil".