Here’s what RC Sproul had to say about it.
“The Mystery of Evil”
https://members.adoringgod.org/articles-and-downloads/topics/evil/the-mystery-of-evil-by-rc-sproul/
That all depends on what one defines what the noun, “evil”, is.
God created free will.
People create evil as an exercise of that free will
If he is omnipotent, then yes. If not, then no, which might mean that there is someone above/beyond him that is? If going down that path, I’ve always wondered where would it end.
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The craziest thing of reform theology is that god created evil and it is a slander against god.
He created free will. Free will has the possibility of wrong choices inherent. That is with the chooser not the Creator. There were two paths. It is not Gods preference, fault or choice that we err.
God says:
Isiah 45:7 KJV
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 45:7 states this in the KJV:
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Strong’s Concordance:
ra’: adversity
Original Word: רַע
Part of Speech: Adjective; noun masculine; noun feminine
Transliteration: ra’
Phonetic Spelling: (rah)
Definition: bad, evil
evil, distress, adversity
https://biblehub.com/hebrew/7451.htm
No- He simply created the conditions that would allow evil-
We show our love by obeying Him- the unsaved choose to reject His love. without the possibility of choosing, we woudl be nothing but robots incapable of choosing good or evil- Free will is the only way someone can prove love-
Satan and those that followed him are the originators of evil- but the possibility for evil was always present- Satan and his followers who were cast from heaven proved that they chose evil over God
God did not create evil itself. It was a byproduct of the creation of good.
If you are in a darkened room, you do not know it is a darkened room if that is all you ever knew. It only becomes a darkened room when you turn on a light, because the darkness is now defined as the absence of light.
If evil didn’t exist, Establishments would have nowhere to hang their hats.
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Did God create evil?
No.
1 John 1:5: GOD is light, and in him 5here is no darkness at all.”
Did God Create Evil?
NO, HE DID NOT.
What He did do...:
He gave US A FREE WILL. He did not CREATE EVIL, MAN did.
I always believed that things like Hell and evil are the results of the absence of God
For goodness sake, people: read Augustine. Confessions. It’s all there, spelled out in ragged, emotional detail at the end of the 4th century A.D.
A short postulation:
“God knew that his creation, including every onee of his angels, would at some time, choose their own destiny, with or without him. Therefore, to say no to him, for whatever reason, was to be considered mutiny, and would harvest punishment, ergo hell.”
“Y’all are with me, or agin’ me.”
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