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Interesting, 3 different constructs to the same reasoning of morality or immorality all dependent on the person and the action. Back to the OP. You infered that because God as you call it created the Garden of Eden which produced original sin or evil thus he failed. The Garden of Eden for me is an allegory for "a state of mind" I think the bible calls it "paradise" or if you like a modern construct more in line with John Rawls' then use "the veil of ignorance" or the "original position". Within our state of paradise/veil of ignorance there is no race, colour, creed, rich or poor, ill or healthy there just "is" (a bit like from Genesis that you were discussing with Trapper - in the begining was the word - the Greek is better "Logos") divided into male and female and within is the serpent (evil tempter) which is for me an allegory for choice. We choose to do or abstain from doing an act or acts which have consequences for us as the person and for those around us based on our action or inaction (as we've discussed above), eat the apple or don't eat the apple, to slake a desire or act as a moral person or as Kant put it Categorical versus Hypothetical Imperitive.I think you are wrong God as you call it did not create evil as evil is not a "thing" its a choice as you have in your 3 answers above - different choices produce different outcomes and within our non-freewill state of existence we apply terminologies to concepts so we can rationalise them. Evil is a choice the same as acting morally is a choice.
Interesting, 3 different constructs to the same reasoning of morality or immorality all dependent on the person and the action. Back to the OP. You infered that because God as you call it created the Garden of Eden which produced original sin or evil thus he failed. The Garden of Eden for me is an allegory for "a state of mind" I think the bible calls it "paradise" or if you like a modern construct more in line with John Rawls' then use "the veil of ignorance" or the "original position". Within our state of paradise/veil of ignorance there is no race, colour, creed, rich or poor, ill or healthy there just "is" (a bit like from Genesis that you were discussing with Trapper - in the begining was the word - the Greek is better "Logos") divided into male and female and within is the serpent (evil tempter) which is for me an allegory for choice. We choose to do or abstain from doing an act or acts which have consequences for us as the person and for those around us based on our action or inaction (as we've discussed above), eat the apple or don't eat the apple, to slake a desire or act as a moral person or as Kant put it Categorical versus Hypothetical Imperitive.
I think you are wrong God as you call it did not create evil as evil is not a "thing" its a choice as you have in your 3 answers above - different choices produce different outcomes and within our non-freewill state of existence we apply terminologies to concepts so we can rationalise them. Evil is a choice the same as acting morally is a choice.
