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To: drstevej
Biblically, God sees what He has purposed.

Does God purpose evil, or does God merely allow evil inasmuch as it serves his purpose?

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff." --- Mariah Carey

77 posted on 08/07/2002 9:40:16 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: P-Marlowe
***Does God purpose evil,***

Acts 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain.


Was the crucufuxion purposed or merely allowed?
Was the crucifixion evil?
Were those who crucified Him responsible for their evil action?
Was the crucifixion an evil action on God's part?

I conclude that God is absolutely sovereign and man is fully accountable. God purposed the event, yet He is not the blameworthy cause. Beyond this, I can not unscrew the inscrutible.
79 posted on 08/07/2002 9:56:30 PM PDT by drstevej
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To: P-Marlowe
Does God know that evil is going to occure?

Did God foreknow the events of 9/11?

105 posted on 08/08/2002 4:51:44 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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