“However, I do know that one cannot love freely without the ability to reject. One cannot be good without the ability to do evil.”
So you’re saying the all-loving God created evil for our own good, kinda to teach us a lesson to correct a mistake he made when he created us?
But why not give us the knowledge that that lesson would teach us, when he created us. Why make us go to all that suffering?
And an even deeper question, why did he bother creating us in the first place? What purpose do we serve for him?
Sometimes I think it’s for his amusement, a bit sadistic I might add. He gets up every morning, looks down at us and if he’s in the mood for some fun, throws a monkey wrench at us (an earthquake, a flood, a serial killer) and sits back and watches our reaction to the latest “act of God”
What do you think?
Not even close. No.
God created evil so that we might be able to choose good. It's about choice.
But why not give us the knowledge that that lesson would teach us, when he created us. Why make us go to all that suffering?
If we had no choice, we cannot be good--we cannot be evil. Also--we basically DO have the knowledge that lesson would teach us, after thousands of years of experience. Our ability to learn from others' mistakes and choices teaches us those consequences. Most of us merely choose to ignore those lessons.
And an even deeper question, why did he bother creating us in the first place? What purpose do we serve for him?
IMO, we are here to freely love God. That is our Purpose, and the Meaning of Life everyone is so desperately looking for.