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In reply to the discussion: Religious Question #1 [View all]SarahM32
(270 posts)9. A very valid question, which many people have tried to answer.
The best answer I have found is in an article that discusses esoteric teachings of the Western Qaballah, which Freemasons and Rosicrucians learn.
The following quote comes after stating that a late but prominent Freemason and Rosicrucian believed that God not only creates good, but also creates evil, but, even though that belief stems from the Hebrew Bible or OT, the author disagrees, saying:
" ... he believed that the Lord God not only creates good, but also actually creates evil and wickedness because Isaiah 45:5-7 and Amos 3:6 say so. However, that concept is problematic because it is grossly misunderstood, and it is misunderstood because it wasnt meant literally.
God cannot override the free will of the ego of Man. If God could create evil and wickedness in people, then God could create good and kindness in people, and if that were possible all humanity would be good and kind to each other.
Furthermore, if one believes that God destroys as well as creates, that God creates evil as well as good, and that every event that occurs is because God caused or willed it (as many religions claim), then one is forced to believe that Adolf Hitler actually served "the will of the Lord," as he claimed, and that God has caused good people to be killed in natural disasters or wars, women to be raped, and innocent children to suffer and die from hunger, or be molested and even killed by pedophiles.
God our Great Spirit-Parent would not do that, nor would God allow it if it were possible for God to stop it. For our Creator and God is just, forgiving, merciful, and beneficent. When we suffer the wrath of Nature or the wrath of Man, it is not because of God. It is because of the sin, wickedness, carelessness, and errors of human beings who have harmed the environment and/or their fellow human beings."
You can read the article at An Ancient Pictorial Symbolic Prophecy.
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That is no different than asking you if you have any sceintific evidence that
Angry Dragon
Sep 2012
#74
I have never called anyone delusional or stupid, are in way over their collective heads
Angry Dragon
Sep 2012
#78
Number 10 was multiple choice and I have no idea what you meant by attachment
Angry Dragon
Sep 2012
#91
In my current opinion, evil does not exist outside of the perceiver's mind.
ZombieHorde
Sep 2012
#124
We can progress no further until you address this basic flaw in your entire position:
trotsky
Sep 2012
#94
I'm not questioning the logic of your assertion, because there's nothing to question.
trotsky
Sep 2012
#114
That definitely happens when one party refuses to justify their statements of fact. n/t
trotsky
Sep 2012
#123
I'm open to other interpretations, but it's in reference to some time, some place that was "ideal"
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#139
Good could not exist without evil. The definition of good would disappear without evil.
Lint Head
Sep 2012
#54
Or the original "spin" that boiled life down to talking points instead of taking it as a whole?
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#128
On 2nd glance. I call Original Sin, Original Spin. The Innate Desire for Knowledge is curative.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#133
I think in simple terms. God created order out of chaos. Chaos still exists.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#127