Its very good Amadeus. Very good.
I've seen that God does not/did not create darkness in the same manner He created all else. He is light and there is no darkness in Him at all.
He can be said to create darkness, but it is a negative creation. It never says , and then God said, let there be darkness. For the purposes of our story darkness was just here.
I believe there is no darkness unless God turns from someone or casts someone from His presence. That's a negative creation.
So I understand how He says I create darkness.
Thank you for the effort of that post, Amadeus. It was very helpful. im pretty much where you are in my understanding of it.
Now if I could understand how it bizarrely seems that Satan somehow has eternity in him, yet apart from God...
Haha! You and me both!
So much that I still not quite understand.
My take on God creating evil is 'God sets the stage'...man chose how the play would go...and evil is the result.
Man, without God is darkness.
I say this because if God created evil , and brought all the evil we see into the world. He is totally responsible for every murder , Hitler , pain, sorrow etc...
What kind of Father is that???
Therefore IF He caused evil then no one is found guilty , if no one is guilty , why did Jesus have to die in our place, we were not responsible in the first place for our actions.
It's like tying two foxes tails together and lighting them on fire..and sitting back to see what happens.
@amadeus @Dave L Can you untangle this??