God gives us the power to will evil, but he doesn't ordain evil. It's an important distinction, because otherwise, God would will both good and evil.
Hello St Thomas,
Those were not my words but the words of someone else who posted to me on another thread. Looking into it, it appears that may be Calvinism or Arminianism but I don’t remember which one.
I am starting to rue the day I posted about religious issues on FR. Twenty years ago I would have been able to keep up and prove my belief. But time, memory loss, and disability have rendered me a bit slow. I know what I know but looking up chapter and verse to prove it anymore is not easy....which is why I don’t do that very much in my posts.
One of the above has an interesting take on the evil issue. Will see if I can find and post for you.
jodyel