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From Isherwood: Genesis doesn't contradict Colossians. What supports a reinterpretation of "by him all things were created" into "god created all good things"? I don't see any qualifications like that in the Colossians passage. Besides, saying that god only created good things (ignoring the fact for the moment that "good" is a very relative term) leaves open the question of who created the "bad" things. It also implies that god didn't create everything that exists.

I didn't indicated Colossian contradict Genesis. In the bible Jesus say God is good. The Colossian verses didn’t indicate something bad or evil unless you imagine it.

Colossians 1:16-17 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

From Isherwood: The Genesis quote doesn't support the notion that god only created good things. "Good" was a post-creation assessment. God decided his work was "good". Compared to what and measured by what standard we're left to guess. Obviously it was whatever the people who wrote the Old Testament considered good.

I thought the topic is about God and evil and what in the bible. I explain evil in the following previous threads:

From Freedom13: Yes, the bible indicated that rebelliousness against God causes suffering, pain, destruction and others. Therefore, when the bible indicated that God causes evil, it is referring to Satan’s rebelliousness and the fall of mankind. The bible indicated evil happen after Adam and Eve disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Evil didn’t happen biblically before the point of rebelliousness in the Garden of Eden.

From Freedom13: Yes, God know in advance the circumstance and the consequence of rebellion. Adam and Eve have freewill to be good. Only fools want to blame God for Satan’s rebelliousness and the fall of mankind.