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In the wake of the New York and Washington, D.C., suicide bombings, we need to find a plain answer to this great question.
by Bill Bradford
Philosophers, religious thinkers and criminologists have long sought rational explanations to these important questions.
What is evil? From where did it come?
The Bible clears up these mysteries for us and provides a solution for the evil that is so widespread and entrenched in the world.
Did God create evil?
The Bible consistently explains evil as rebellion against God and His way of selfless, outflowing love for others-His way of giving. Evil is self-absorbed and uncaring of others, the way of getting and taking.
God's way of life is expressed in His law of love, and evil is the violation of that law. Thus evil is synonymous with sin (1John 3:4), which is contrary to God. Any calamity that He allows or brings is actually done out of love.
But, some might argue, isn't all evil God's fault? The reasoning goes like this: Since God created everything, and evil exists, then God must be the author of evil.
Yet the Bible paints a picture in which God, in the beginning, created perfect surroundings for the first man and woman to live in. "Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good" (Genesis 1:31, emphasis added throughout). That included man. How, then, did evil come into the picture?
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