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From: walker@noscvax.UUCP (Janet M. Walker)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Why is there evil?
Message-ID: <688@noscvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Nov-84 00:25:34 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 16 00:25:34 1984
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>In article <1096@trwrba.UUCP> jnelson@trwrba.UUCP (John T. Nelson) writes:
>
>Good question.  Both Judaism and Christianity claim that God did not "put"
>evil in the world; but it is abundantly clear that if He exists, he
>allows it to continue.
>
In my opinion:  God gave us Free Will in this world.  That  means  we  have
the  ability,  responsibility,  freedom  to  make  choices.  If  we weren't
allowed to make 'bad' choices (i.e. those that hurt  ourselves  or  others)
then  we  wouldn't  really  have  free will, would we?  I also believe that
those who are innocently hurt by others' bad  choices  will  eventually  be
recompensed  far  beyond whatever they may have had to endure.  Also, if we
make a bad choice we will continue to  be  given  the  same  'test'  until,
hopefully, we get it right.