No, you misunderstand. God does not create evil in a way that makes evil a thing. God created light and the absence of light is darkness. God defines what Good is and the absence of good is evil.
God did not create evil in the context of a thing or an act. He created evil in the context that He defined Good therefore everything that is not Good is evil.
Does cold exist? No, there is heat and then the absence of heat.
God has allowed us to choose good or choose the opposite. It is in our choice to not do Good that evil exists.
Yes, I understand that take as well, and it too is compatible with Isaiah. Yet Christianity still deals with suggestions that its system might somehow make God an author of evil, despite our attempts to explain and educate to the contrary. Possibly schooling and upbringing might someday assist in overcoming the recurrence of this dilemma in new generations and we can get on to deeper recognition of God as love than we possess now.
No, you misunderstand. God does not create evil in a way that makes evil a thing. God created light and the absence of light is darkness. God defines what Good is and the absence of good is evil.
God did not create evil in the context of a thing or an act. He created evil in the context that He defined Good therefore everything that is not Good is evil.
Does cold exist? No, there is heat and then the absence of heat.
God has allowed us to choose good or choose the opposite. It is in our choice to not do Good that evil exists.
God bless you.
Yes, I understand that take as well, and it too is compatible with Isaiah. Yet Christianity still deals with suggestions that its system might somehow make God an author of evil, despite our attempts to explain and educate to the contrary. Possibly schooling and upbringing might someday assist in overcoming the recurrence of this dilemma in new generations and we can get on to deeper recognition of God as love than we possess now.