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To: stfassisi
The word you used was "evil." Stick to the one sentence you wrote which cannot be defended. You wrote...

Augustine says there God creates every being GOOD and there is no evil in anything God creates

These questions are simple, and God willing, maybe they can lead you to the truth.

Did God create Judas? Was there evil in Judas?

Did God create you? Is there evil in you?

Or are you sinless?

Did God create Satan?

The greater truth is that all things are under the sovereign Lordship of Jesus Christ.

"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." -- Colossians 1:16-17

This is GOOD news for the Christian. The fact that God controls this life and that we have been freely adopted by Him is a splendid, merciful fact of existence. Christians shouldn't listen to anyone who denies them that blessed security.

4,456 posted on 09/13/2010 10:35:42 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg (("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
The fact that God controls this life

In Calvinism this means controls his ability to choose or reject sin or even the near occasions of sin.

In Calvinism, god sins by proxy.

4,457 posted on 09/13/2010 10:40:11 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

I should have, the kicker: From the womb.


4,458 posted on 09/13/2010 10:41:26 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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