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Oh, but that raises a really good point. Where did Evil come from then? The Bible does reveal to us that there was a fall before "The Fall"!! Which is fascinating. This fall refers to the Devil himself, aka. Lucifer meaning "shining light." He was the right-hand angel of God, and chose to rebel and took 1/3 of the Angels with him to wage war against God.
So I guess you'd have to ask, did God create Lucifer evil as well??
One of the hardest, most humbling things that I have learned from the Bible is that God is entirely good, and sin is entirely our fault, not his. Yes, my inner soul really struggles with blame here. And even some Christians go so far as to say that we are NOT born sinful! I am not one of those Christians, I believe that from conception we are damned which is a ridiculously hard pill to swallow. I guess I need to either keep swallowing it, or figure out how to break free from this belief since I have not successfully done it so far.
So yes, the Bible teaches that God is not to blame for evil. So what do we do... as a Christian I am allowed to raise all hell about that belief because it seems unfair. But... that's not enough for me to stop believing in God... that's just a part of God that I cannot understand and have a lot of trouble accepting. But the Word really does teach us that, so I have to deal with it or discard the inerrancy of the Bible.

Yes. To a point. Just think of Christian scientists. They don't believe their physical bodies are "real" and when someone breaks a bone, they pray that it will heal since they believe that nothing is wrong. Well.. I just cannot share or accept that belief! It's delusional not to get medical help for a broken bone or fatal disease that can be treated by medicine.

Sure! that's a fun thing to believe. I honestly don't believe that this is an artificial universe that DMT allows us to escape, but sometimes I just pretend it is. haha and I can still be a Christian and not "violate" my faith by doing that at all, can't I? Sometimes it feels like God is the superintellingence to whom we must bow haha. But then again, somebody created me, and the universe is somehow here, and not because I willed it to be

<blockquote data-quote="DMT_Tom" data-source="post: 3761619" data-attributes="member: 31259">Oh, but that raises a really good point. Where did Evil come from then? The Bible does reveal to us that there was a fall before &quot;The Fall&quot;!! Which is fascinating. This fall refers to the Devil himself, aka. Lucifer meaning &quot;shining light.&quot; He was the right-hand angel of God, and chose to rebel and took 1/3 of the Angels with him to wage war against God. So I guess you&#039;d have to ask, did God create Lucifer evil as well??One of the hardest, most humbling things that I have learned from the Bible is that God is entirely good, and sin is entirely our fault, not his. Yes, my inner soul really struggles with blame here. And even some Christians go so far as to say that we are NOT born sinful! I am not one of those Christians, I believe that from conception we are damned which is a ridiculously hard pill to swallow. I guess I need to either keep swallowing it, or figure out how to break free from this belief since I have not successfully done it so far. So yes, the Bible teaches that God is not to blame for evil. So what do we do... as a Christian I am allowed to raise all hell about that belief because it seems unfair. But... that&#039;s not enough for me to stop believing in God... that&#039;s just a part of God that I cannot understand and have a lot of trouble accepting. But the Word really does teach us that, so I have to deal with it or discard the inerrancy of the Bible.Yes. To a point. Just think of Christian scientists. They don&#039;t believe their physical bodies are &quot;real&quot; and when someone breaks a bone, they pray that it will heal since they believe that nothing is wrong. Well.. I just cannot share or accept that belief! It&#039;s delusional not to get medical help for a broken bone or fatal disease that can be treated by medicine. Sure! that&#039;s a fun thing to believe. I honestly don&#039;t believe that this is an artificial universe that DMT allows us to escape, but sometimes I just pretend it is. haha and I can still be a Christian and not &quot;violate&quot; my faith by doing that at all, can&#039;t I? Sometimes it feels like God is the superintellingence to whom we must bow haha. But then again, somebody created me, and the universe is somehow here, and not because I willed it to be <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMT_Tom, post: 3761619, member: 31259"] Oh, but that raises a really good point. Where did Evil come from then? The Bible does reveal to us that there was a fall before "The Fall"!! Which is fascinating. This fall refers to the Devil himself, aka. Lucifer meaning "shining light." He was the right-hand angel of God, and chose to rebel and took 1/3 of the Angels with him to wage war against God. So I guess you'd have to ask, did God create Lucifer evil as well?? One of the hardest, most humbling things that I have learned from the Bible is that God is entirely good, and sin is entirely our fault, not his. Yes, my inner soul really struggles with blame here. And even some Christians go so far as to say that we are NOT born sinful! I am not one of those Christians, I believe that from conception we are damned which is a ridiculously hard pill to swallow. I guess I need to either keep swallowing it, or figure out how to break free from this belief since I have not successfully done it so far. So yes, the Bible teaches that God is not to blame for evil. So what do we do... as a Christian I am allowed to raise all hell about that belief because it seems unfair. But... that's not enough for me to stop believing in God... that's just a part of God that I cannot understand and have a lot of trouble accepting. But the Word really does teach us that, so I have to deal with it or discard the inerrancy of the Bible. Yes. To a point. Just think of Christian scientists. They don't believe their physical bodies are "real" and when someone breaks a bone, they pray that it will heal since they believe that nothing is wrong. Well.. I just cannot share or accept that belief! It's delusional not to get medical help for a broken bone or fatal disease that can be treated by medicine. Sure! that's a fun thing to believe. I honestly don't believe that this is an artificial universe that DMT allows us to escape, but sometimes I just pretend it is. haha and I can still be a Christian and not "violate" my faith by doing that at all, can't I? Sometimes it feels like God is the superintellingence to whom we must bow haha. But then again, somebody created me, and the universe is somehow here, and not because I willed it to be :D [/QUOTE]