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Evil doesn't exist
Yep, you heard that right. Listen through the end to understand what we mean when we say that evil doesn't exist.
Articles:
https://www.str.org/w/augustine-on-evil-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absence_of_good
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=religion_beets
This is called the "Privation Theory of Evil" and has been around for a very long time. So if you want to dive deeper into this topic, I suggest a Google search with the quotations above. What you'll find is that a lot of Christians believe this and it is rational and biblical. Though no theory is perfect, I think it makes the most sense of the data of 1) what we experience and 2) what the Bible teaches about God. At the end of the day, I think it's right, but this isn't a salvation issue. We can agree to disagree on this and it is totally okay.
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By Braxton Carvette
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Yep, you heard that right. Listen through the end to understand what we mean when we say that evil doesn't exist.
Articles:
https://www.str.org/w/augustine-on-evil-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absence_of_good
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=religion_beets
This is called the "Privation Theory of Evil" and has been around for a very long time. So if you want to dive deeper into this topic, I suggest a Google search with the quotations above. What you'll find is that a lot of Christians believe this and it is rational and biblical. Though no theory is perfect, I think it makes the most sense of the data of 1) what we experience and 2) what the Bible teaches about God. At the end of the day, I think it's right, but this isn't a salvation issue. We can agree to disagree on this and it is totally okay.