Phat writes:
God created evil merely by creating free will
Can freewill exist without evil? Or is one choice over another simply a preference?
Phat writes:
Lucifer was exposed (as we all are now) only to the possibility of evil. God did not directly make him choose to rebel, any more than God being guilty of murder by virtue of any one of us doing it.
Lucifer was a angel, a immortal being of pure intellect.
God created Lucifer, knowing he would betray him and be cast out of heaven.
Lucifer was no more responsible for his creation than us.
Where is our free will in terms of our own creation?
And as far as God not choosing Lucifer to rebel or us to kill,
Maybe....
for something to happen something must exist.
for there to be death, there must be life.
for there to be Good, ....well you know the rest.
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs