I don't understand your argument, or you haven't articulated it clearly.
You disagree with the verses in which God is said to have created Lucifer and evil?
Or you disagree not that he CREATED evil, but that he STILL controls the evil in the world?
In either event rationalizing beliefs isn't hard.
First, you can think that God created everyone with free will including Lucifer, and he chose to go off and run the dark world if you will.
Or that if you believe God to be omnipotent, how could you NOT believe he had control over evil?
Then lastly, if you take Jesus dying and the new testament as a new covenant that was made between man and God through Jesus as the vessel, you can all but throw out everything from the old testament, or at least understand that by Jesus coming, a fundamental change in the way God deals with man occurred. Namely being Jesus taking responsibility for our sins as long as we .... Live Christlike lives, or accept Jesus into your soul .... Or whatever you believe it means to you and whatever boxes you need to check to visit st. Peter.
For reference. I am not religious, grew up catholic/christian, depending on where we lived went to public school or some Christian school.
That being said, I think "you christians" and I'm sure it's applicable to other religions as well, get too hung up on individual words and specific verses. The reason I point this out is, it's been translated who knows how many times, and likely most recently from a king James version. How accurate do you think every single word is going to be? Accurate enough to get the big picture? I would agree with that. Accurate enough to perfectly describe everything in English? Extremely doubtful.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
II Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV
I don't understand your argument, or you haven't articulated it clearly.
You disagree with the verses in which God is said to have created Lucifer and evil?
Or you disagree not that he CREATED evil, but that he STILL controls the evil in the world?
In either event rationalizing beliefs isn't hard.
First, you can think that God created everyone with free will including Lucifer, and he chose to go off and run the dark world if you will.
Or that if you believe God to be omnipotent, how could you NOT believe he had control over evil?
Then lastly, if you take Jesus dying and the new testament as a new covenant that was made between man and God through Jesus as the vessel, you can all but throw out everything from the old testament, or at least understand that by Jesus coming, a fundamental change in the way God deals with man occurred. Namely being Jesus taking responsibility for our sins as long as we .... Live Christlike lives, or accept Jesus into your soul .... Or whatever you believe it means to you and whatever boxes you need to check to visit st. Peter.
For reference. I am not religious, grew up catholic/christian, depending on where we lived went to public school or some Christian school.
That being said, I think "you christians" and I'm sure it's applicable to other religions as well, get too hung up on individual words and specific verses. The reason I point this out is, it's been translated who knows how many times, and likely most recently from a king James version. How accurate do you think every single word is going to be? Accurate enough to get the big picture? I would agree with that. Accurate enough to perfectly describe everything in English? Extremely doubtful.
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. II Timothy 3:16-17 NKJV