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By merlin...True evil it seems does not exist in our temporal universe. By true evil I imply spiritual evil that has a destructive agenda to destroy gods creation, some may entitle this spirit evil the devil Satan etc. While it evil exists as ethereal force and is dangerous it may not manifest completely in our universe, but this will change in the future. Mental illness, sub par brain functioning and greed is the cause for all other evil.
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"true evil eh? WHY DOES GOD ALLOW...."
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Merlin writes...Good points and questions. As I answer these please remember that I am what best can be described as an open theist Christian (actually there is no label that accurately describes my religion or world view), But I accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior and that is the main artery that I need for my religious life to survive.
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Okay, suppose you are God and design the human body so that fully 80% of all conceptions end in spontaneous abortions. Is that evil?
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(one)....MERLIN...This is a common line of reasoning and it perplexes many. I have a unique theory for this but its too long to post here so I will give you the very short answer. I feel for gods universe to bring fruit (to allow man to acheive god status) we have no choice but to follow the natural law that run this universe. (with minor adjustments in the dim past and near future).
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Suppose you are God and design the human body such that a baby can come into world afflicted with any of 3000+ congenital/genetic disorders. Is that evil?
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MERLIN WRITES...No. see above.
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Suppose you are God and design planet earth with tectonic plates that slip and slide resulting in things like, say, the recent South Asian tsunami. Is that evil?
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MERLIN WRITES...(2) again this is the short and easy answer, No, because the quakes, and other acts of god, are the only way that the MATURAL world CAN work. If you want the new universe, you must hang around until our lord changes it. This is prophesied to happen after the Jesus displaces the antichrist or the one world leader.This will happen as a new physics and natural law comes into effect in the future
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Suppose you are God and sat back and did nothing while over 680,000,000 children aged 5 years and younger died in agony from starvation in just the 20th century alone. Is that evil?
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MERLIN...This is an example of mans nature and for the natural world to exist as natural it is an event by mans own hand, not gods.
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And how can mere mortals be said to be "sinful" or "evil" when, if God is omniscient, there can be no human autonomy or free will because everything we think and feel and do can only be an inherent manifestation of God?
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God isn't perfect in your Universe, for one reason is that you aren't perfect nor is anyone. You are like a computer running a bad program, so our perception of reality is skewered and wrong. God is omnipresent in the complete universes and creations which includes more than your or my universe.
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