I'm not a christian, but I grew up in a Baptist household, so I have at least a passing understanding of the Bible. Lemme know if I got any wrong.
If I'm understanding the bible correctly;
God Created heaven and Earth, Including Mankind and Angels
God is all-knowing and all-powerful
Relevant to this discussion, God created Lucifer and all the angels who sided with him.
God made Man in His image, and ordered the angels to serve them.
Lucifer, prideful of his own beauty, and envious of God's (at least perceived) favoritism of Man, and of God's position, started a rebellion in heaven and was/will be cast down into the lake of fire(aka Hell).
lucifer later tempted/took the form of the Serpent in the Garden of Eden and tempted Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
my conclusion: God, with full knowledge of what lucifer would do/become created him and set him on the path that led to his downfall, and to the Sin of Mankind.
Or to put it more simply; God created Sin through his foreknowledge of what Lucifer would become.
I'm not trying to start a shitstorm here, but this is the logical conclusion that I find myself at.
Any Christian pedes wanna poke holes in this for me?
I am curious, you said you are not Christian. What do you consider your religious belief? My ask is self serving. As someone who went through catholic high school who never felt entirely right. Not that I don’t believe but my questions are so strong that it’s not hard to ask did the world get it wrong?
Catholic high school is not enough. I also know lots of people who got just enough training to confess, receive communion. Thats not learning the faith, thats just preparation for the sacraments. These people grow up with no moral compass, think nothing of stealing, lying, cheating, raping, murdering but parade down the aisle so everyone can see they receive communion every Sunday and must be holy people when in fact they are desecrating the Holy Host.
I had 12 years of catholic school and still think I have not learned enough. Every day is a lesson. I too 'dont feel entirely right' but I keep learning and striving 'what would Jesus do'.
Pagan-leaning agnostic theist
or to put it simply, a heathen 😂
Exactly what I was for most of my life
Even the pagans have ideas of good and evil, and sin. They have their own beliefs about punishment and propitiation. It seems to be a universal theme.