Vinnie

I have no desire to repeat myself. See my response to sci-fidelity a few posts back.

Vinnie

Abel Stable

Good, then maybe you'd like to clarify exactly where evil/sin comes from.

YHWHtruth

Is God good or evil?

Psalm 145:9 "The Lord is good to all."
Deuteronomy 32:4 "a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he."

vs.

Isaiah 45:7 "I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these things."

Again, the King James is used here...try, "I form light and create darkness."NRSV

Lamentations 3:38 "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"

This is in keeping with, "Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?" James 3:11 ASV

Jeremiah 18:11 "Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device
against you."

By reading the rest of the scripture you will see that Jehovah(YHWH) wanted them to turn from their evil ways.

Ezekiel 20:25,26 "I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they
should not live. And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the
fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might
know that I am the Lord."

Answer: We are all free moral agents. Ezekiel 20:25 can best be explained by Psalms 81:12:"So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN COUNSELS."

Max

Vinnie

I already answered this as well.

Vinnie

Bobzammel

The concept of dualism in Christianity(and to an extent second temple-to-modern Judaism) Seems to be mainly shaped by the influence of Eastern religions, mostly the popular Persian religion Zoroastaranism. Hence the lack of it in earlier Hebrew texts.

LostGirl

thanks evangelion.

Evangelion

Cheers mate.