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Origen II:
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I still ask the question, what is your definition of evil in its most basic form?
feat
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Destruction.
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I am not sure I understand what you mean by evil=destruction. Destruction of what?
Does that mean that in your theory of dual concepts that good=construction?
I kind of had this notion that the basis of evil might in essence be deceit.
I sometimes get all caught up in details like... can a human be evil if God created evil as something separate from humans?
Anyhow, please help me with the destruction concept.
feat
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The universe displays this concept rather well...with Entropy.
Evil = destruction (in a general sense).
Good = Construction (or productivity in a sense)
Sin = missing the mark of God's calling
In the cycle of the of the universe, matter is neither created nor destroyed (ultimately). When one thing is 'destroyed' it forms into something else. When a fire burns down a forest, it allows the land to become more fertile, thus producing more trees later on and helping the environment.
The concepts Good and Evil are essentially the same. The concepts recquire one another in order for the other one to become essential or significant. They feed off one another.
God has dictated that "Good" shall overcome Evil one day, but that is only when Evil has finished it's purpose and there is nothing left to destroy.
Phil:
When I debate this issue, I tell the person claiming that God is barbaric that they are questioning the actions of the Creator of the universe. He has His reasons. His ways are not our ways.
I refer them to the end of Job...
I ask them if they know better than God...
We look at some of those instructions He gave to His people in the OT as cruel at times. But that is how WE view the world through our human perspective. We have absolutely no idea what goes through God's mind. We may get a glimpse with the leading of the Holy Spirit...which helps us see the beauty in all of God's precepts...
Anyway, that's how I see it.
Blessings
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