Is it good to favor evil?

[AndrésC64]

I don't think that it can be, but apparently God thinks that it's at least okay if not good.

YES - Favoring evil IS Good

NO - Favoring evil IS NOT GOOD

[Msputiton]

God does not favor evil.

God gives us free will. God wants us to do good.

The bible is full of false narratives by humans who misinterpreted God's will.

The other misinterpretation written in the bible about God is when bad things happen it is God doing it. God testing you.

It makes no sense. He is not testing you. It is the devil trying to break you. Trying to steal you.

And to answer the question before you ask it. Why doesn't God stop him?

God doesn't force his help on to anyone. He knows our hearts and he waits for us to unselfishly ask for his help.

But most people don't.

Why because they have been mislead to blame God for their suffering, instead of putting the blame on the devil.

[AndrésC64]

Watch the video.

[Msputiton]

I did more human misinterpretation of God's will based off of lied taught

[AndrésC64]

What was a misrepresentation or a lie? Can you name one?

[Msputiton]

I already did. Not repeating myself

[AndrésC64]

No you didn't. You gave very general / vague statements. Tell me something specific that was wrong in the video. You can't.

[menina]

I don't think it is, unless you're also evil.

[jshm2]

Don't be daft. Evil by it's very nature turns in upon itself. Good, on the other hand, ripples out and creates more than it is.

For example there is nothing in the animal kingdom for caring to the sick and disabled. In fact animals often sacrifice their sick and disabled for the good of the herd. The so called "survival of the fittest" ideology.

Humans spend and exert more on medicine and care than any other industry. This cost often creates budget conundrums, but regardless of how self serving or evil a politician, they know health provision is a good that must be preserved.

Regarding the video - it's just a strawman argument, as bad as the animation. Hence, not worth discussing.

[AndrésC64]

Is there horrible shit going on in the world right now? Yes. Could God stop it? Yes. Does he? No. Why? Free will. Is the woman being raped or the child being murdered exercising their free will? No. Obviously God doesn't care about free will.

Try again?

[Guardian45]

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing; and most good men nowadays can be relied upon to do precisely that."

[AndrésC64]

Exactly what God does, nothing.

[Guardian45]

That's because either there is NO God, or They are dead, or They DON'T care about us. The result is the same, it's up to Good people.

[Guardian45]

Thank you for MHG !

[BlueScorpio]

You guys do not know who God or His personality at all. No, God does not like evil, favor evil or is evil. He absolutely despises evil, there's multiple examples in the bible in how God feels about an evil nation, person, or group of people and how he detest such actions. All you have to do is just read the 10 commandment, don't steal, don't kill, honour your parent, don't convet your neighbors belonging etc. Does that sound like evil or telling your to refraim from doing evil?

[AndrésC64]

What would you say about someone who knows that evil will happen and that it is happening and watches it happen and yet does nothing? Are they not favoring evil? They could favor good by stopping the evil. They don't.

[BlueScorpio]

What would you say about someone (humanity) that knows the difference between right and wrong, good and evil and still decides to do evil? God gave all us free will to decide on how to live our life earth, but the bible is literally God's instructions on how to live prosperous, happy, Godly life yet humanity has decided to reject God and His word. You guys don't want to listen and obey His commandments but at the sametime you complain and ar angry at God about the outcome of your life and society? It's up to you and everyone else in this world to use their free will to good and not evil, if God took it away you would call Him tyrant for not letting you do the things you want on this earth. So which one do you want? Do you want to live a Godly life or do you want to give living the life you already live? It's up to you and the rest of humanity. God is just waiting for all us to get it together and come back to Him.

[AndrésC64]

Humanity is imperfect, God is supposed to be perfect. Yet he does the same imperfect things that we do. Guess he's not so perfect after all, is he?

Nope. Humans do not have free will. Neither does God for that matter. Do you have free will if I hold a gun to your head and tell you to give me every single thing that you own or I'm going to blow your head off? No, you don't. That's exactly what God is doing to us. We have the "choice" of doing exactly what he says or being tortured. That is not free will. And God can only do what he knows that he is going to do. He can't even change his mind. That's not free will.

By your "logic", every robbery ever committed wasn't a crime. It was someone using their free will to give over their property. It doesn't matter if someone held a gun to their head.

[BlueScorpio]

God doesn't think or do the samething as humanity at all and God is indeed most certainly perfect. His personality and ways are completely different from our way of thinking here on earth. The Lord does change His mind and has in the past, at one point God regretted creating humanity, but her gave us another chance through Noah after the flood. That is God changing His mind. He did not want to give up on humanity right away, also He wouldn't have bothered sending Jesus to die on the cross to take our place as punishment for our sins. Also you typed all this right now, at one point did God come down from heaven and held a gun to your head and told you to stop typing what you just said? Is that not free will? Truth be told if the Lord wanted to get you, He would got you a long time ago, all He would have to do is snap His fingers and you would drop dead at your computer before you could even imagine writing everything you just said. But guess what, He didn't. He allowed you to say the things you wanted to say and you are still alive and breathing. God is very mericful and paticient with us Humans and He has been for a very long time. The reason being is cause God loves and He wants to come closer to Him and accept His son Jesus. You have the choice in getting to know God or rejecting the gift of salavation. When you leave this world you can not claim you did not know about God/Jesus cause you do know, God said seek Him with all your heart and you will find Him. That takes free will to do so.

[TroyDT2]

So people make evil choices and it's God's fault? Why? Because God did not want automata?

[AndrésC64]

Did I say it was God's fault? No? I said that God favors evil. Although I suppose that could be interpreted as it being his fault. Not doing something to prevent evil is evil.

[TroyDT2]

So you admit that is what you imply. Anyway, a few points that almost everyone will ignore:

1. No potential for evil, no free will.
2. No evil, God's attribute of Justice cannot be exercised.
3. No evil, God's Mercy cannot be exercised.
4. No evil, redemption cannot exist.

[AndrésC64]

Wrong.
1) Is there evil in heaven? Are we robots in heaven?
2) So you and God consider eternal torture as justice? And what's wrong with not having evil in the first place? That way he doesn't have to exercise justice. That would be a better idea.
3) What would be wrong with no evil in the first place? That way Mercy wouldn't need to be exercised. That would be a better idea.
4) What would be wrong with no evil in the first place? That way redemption wouldn't be necessary.

Try again?

[strateguy632]

false