Comments on: What Is Evil? http://zastoupil.org/zblog/2006/08/18/what-is-evil Blogging on the Z-Axis Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Battlefield http://zastoupil.org/zblog/2006/08/18/what-is-evil/comment-page-1#comment-463 The Battlefield Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:18:28 +0000 #comment-463 [...] this post, I would like to further my ideas on “What is Evil?” as a part of this longer [...] [...] this post, I would like to further my ideas on “What is Evil?” as a part of this longer [...]

]]> By: Glory to God http://zastoupil.org/zblog/2006/08/18/what-is-evil/comment-page-1#comment-285 Glory to God Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:08:57 +0000 #comment-285 [...] He chose us for just that reason.  We have a free will to choose however we like. Back in “What is evil,” I talked about a spectrum of choices that we have.  I believe it is through that choice, [...] [...] He chose us for just that reason.  We have a free will to choose however we like. Back in “What is evil,” I talked about a spectrum of choices that we have.  I believe it is through that choice, [...]

]]> By: Scott Aliment from Gig Harbor, WA http://zastoupil.org/zblog/2006/08/18/what-is-evil/comment-page-1#comment-283 Scott Aliment from Gig Harbor, WA Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:23:07 +0000 #comment-283 Through a random search on the internet I found this post of yours. I preface my comment by saying I don't know everything, neither do I know you or the totality of your belief system. However, I thought I would share my perspective. I have given much thought to the following questions "“Why did God allow evil?” and "Why didn't God just destroy Satan or Lucifer and thereby remove the possibility of evil?" Although God is Omnipotent it seems that there are some things that God cannot do without contradicting Himself. Example: God cannot lie. It is my perspective that God could not have destroyed Satan prior to the infection of our world. Let me set the stage as I see it. At some point in history Lucifer becomes jealous of Jesus. He becomes prideful of himself, because of his beauty, and claims he should be in charge instead of Jesus and maybe even asserts that God and Jesus rule unjustly. Lucifer pleads his case with the angels persuading one third of them. What would happen if God wiped out Lucifer at this point? It would do atleast 2 very bad things. First, it would cause the angels to doubt the justice of God. In a sense they would have been given evidence that would give stronger root to the accusations of Lucifer. Secondly, it would cause them to serve God out of fear and not Love. They would fear for their own survival. They would do as God asks out of selfishness and self preservation rather than out a living desire to serve and honor Him. I see it as if God is actually on trial. God has been accused of being unjust and if he destroys His accuser without first allowing his true character to come to light then He will just prove the accuser to be right. It is an interesting dilemma. In order to prove that His government IS just he must allow Satan's plan to fully play out so that it may be seen for the evil plot that it is. By allowing evil to take its course it proves the fact that God is Love and He IS just and that He IS worthy of our praise and worship. And it proves that Satan is selfish, a liar, is unjust, is a deceiver and would even go as far as murdering the Son of God in order to acquire rulership over this world. Once God's actions have been vindicated then He can destroy Satan and his angels without the misunderstanding of motive that would have been present if Satan's plan had not been fully exposed. I hope my thoughts are a benefit to you, even if they only cause you to ponder more deeply the Love of God. Through a random search on the internet I found this post of yours. I preface my comment by saying I don’t know everything, neither do I know you or the totality of your belief system. However, I thought I would share my perspective.

I have given much thought to the following questions ““Why did God allow evil?” and “Why didn’t God just destroy Satan or Lucifer and thereby remove the possibility of evil?”

Although God is Omnipotent it seems that there are some things that God cannot do without contradicting Himself. Example: God cannot lie.

It is my perspective that God could not have destroyed Satan prior to the infection of our world. Let me set the stage as I see it. At some point in history Lucifer becomes jealous of Jesus. He becomes prideful of himself, because of his beauty, and claims he should be in charge instead of Jesus and maybe even asserts that God and Jesus rule unjustly. Lucifer pleads his case with the angels persuading one third of them.

What would happen if God wiped out Lucifer at this point? It would do atleast 2 very bad things. First, it would cause the angels to doubt the justice of God. In a sense they would have been given evidence that would give stronger root to the accusations of Lucifer.
Secondly, it would cause them to serve God out of fear and not Love. They would fear for their own survival. They would do as God asks out of selfishness and self preservation rather than out a living desire to serve and honor Him.

I see it as if God is actually on trial. God has been accused of being unjust and if he destroys His accuser without first allowing his true character to come to light then He will just prove the accuser to be right.

It is an interesting dilemma. In order to prove that His government IS just he must allow Satan’s plan to fully play out so that it may be seen for the evil plot that it is.
By allowing evil to take its course it proves the fact that God is Love and He IS just and that He IS worthy of our praise and worship. And it proves that Satan is selfish, a liar, is unjust, is a deceiver and would even go as far as murdering the Son of God in order to acquire rulership over this world.

Once God’s actions have been vindicated then He can destroy Satan and his angels without the misunderstanding of motive that would have been present if Satan’s plan had not been fully exposed.

I hope my thoughts are a benefit to you, even if they only cause you to ponder more deeply the Love of God.

]]> By: Life is a filter http://zastoupil.org/zblog/2006/08/18/what-is-evil/comment-page-1#comment-139 Life is a filter Fri, 09 May 2008 14:48:07 +0000 #comment-139 [...] For us to demonstrate our love for God, our willingness to live in His kingdom, there has to be a choice. If the choice was easy, and everyone made the same choice, it would not really be a choice, much like I wrote about the spectrum in “What is Evil.” [...] [...] For us to demonstrate our love for God, our willingness to live in His kingdom, there has to be a choice. If the choice was easy, and everyone made the same choice, it would not really be a choice, much like I wrote about the spectrum in “What is Evil.” [...]

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