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If God is all, if all things are possible in Gods world, isn't God evil too? Our limited mortal definition of evil, anyway. If God is everything, then He must be all that I hate as well as all that I love. Right?
Is heaven really "up there?" If there is infinite intelligence, separate from space and time then heaven is everywhere, right? And if we were created from an all knowingness, what could we possibly need to learn?
I am not sure enough to say Heaven is "up there" as in when I look up from where I stand on the earth.
I do believe that it is not on the earth we live in or in the life we are living at the moment.
Believing in being created by an All Knowing being does make me believe that our(the created beings)intelligence and knowledge is infinite.
If our intelligence was infinite we would not have to be researching the space,universe,the living natural world cause we would already know all there is to know about the world we live in and what is beyond the earth.
Knowledge and intelligence being limited I believe is what makes us search for the answers and learn about what we do not know or understand.
By definition an entity that is omniscient, and omnipotent is just as capable of 'evil' as 'good.' Believers choose to think He would not do 'evil.' Personally, I think jealousy, to which God has admitted (acc'd to some translations of the 10 Commandments), is an 'evil' thing....
If God is all, if all things are possible in Gods world, isn't God evil too? Our limited mortal definition of evil, anyway. If God is everything, then He must be all that I hate as well as all that I love. Right?
Tell me what your views are, please.
Just coming out of your question without reading the other posts, I'll contribute that my view is that God presents Himself via the Bible as One Who allows evil but Who is over it.
I believe that many of us do hate God at some times in our lives. I believe those of us who are honest about that have the best opportunity to really get to know Him. I experience God as a much more personal Being than I sense in your question. I know Him through His Son, Jesus, the Savior, Who forgives me from sin--the wrongdoing, wrong thinking, and wrong speaking of my life.
If you would like me to be more specific, with some documentation from the Bible, please say so here. I will not labor you with that unless you are interested.
I think you have posed a thoughtful question. And, without reading the other posts, the thoughts I offer may have already been well covered.
God isn't evil. Your logic in the statement is correct, yes. But are the statements upon which you base the logic correctly interpreted to begin with? I'd say no. It is, though, a good question for contemplation.
If God is, and created everything, isn't he also the Devil?
Simone,
I will try to explain as per my beliefs.
The Almighy is the only Creator and yes did create a being called jinn made of smokeless fire.
There was a time when jinns used to be able to reach the Heavens and worship alongside angels,but then during the time of Adam & Eve (alaihi salaam),a single Jinn(also known as "Iblis") disobeyed the commands of the Almighty to bow down before the Almighty's first human(Adam-alaihi salaam).
Later on,this same Jinn mislead Adam (alaihi salaam) into eating from the tree forbidden by the Almighty.
Shaitan is believed not to be an angel or a fallen angel because we believe that angels do not have free will,but obey the command of the Almighty at all times,unlike humans and jinn who are able to practice free will in obeying or disobeying the Almighty.
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