So did God made evil?But then, the question not yet answered is : Did God
make everything?
If evil is not part of that "everything," then we
could question His omnipotence.
If evil is part of that everything . . .
DID GOD CREATE EVIL?
At a certain college, there was a professor with a
reputation for being tough on Christians. At the
first class every semester, he asked if anyone was a
Christian and proceeded to degrade and mock their
statement of faith.
One semester, he asked the question and a young man
raised his hand when asked if anyone was a
Christian. The professor asked, "Did God make
everything, young man?"
"Yes he did, sir," the young man replied. The
professor responded, "If God made everything, then
God made evil, and if we can only create from within
ourselves, then God is evil."
The student didn't have a response and the professor
was happy to have once again proved the Christian
faith to be a myth.
Then another man raised his hand and asked, "May I
ask you something, sir?"
"Yes you may," responded the professor.
The young man stood up and said, "Sir, is there such
thing as cold?"
"Of course there is, what kind of a question is
that? Haven't you ever been cold?"
The young man replied, "Actually, sir, cold does not
exist. What we consider to be cold, is really only
the absence of heat. Absolute zero is when there is
absolutely no heat, but cold does not really exist.
We have only created that term to describe how we
feel when heat is not there."
The young man continued, "Sir, is there such thing
as dark?"
Once again, the professor responded "Of course there
is."
And once again, the student replied "Actually, sir,
darkness does not exist. Darkness is really only the
absence of light. Darkness is only a term man
developed to describe what happens when there is no
light present."
Finally, the young man asked, "Sir, is there such
thing as evil?
The professor responded, "Of course. We have rapes,
and murders and violence everywhere in the world,
those things are evil."
The student replied, "Actually, sir, evil does not
exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a
term man developed to describe the absence of God.
God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or
love, which exist as virtues like heat and light.
Evil is simply the state where God is not present,
like cold without heat or darkness without light."
The professor had nothing to say.
