Monday, July 17, 2006

God and Humans; Good vs. Evil

Over the weekend the thought struck me that God logically is not pure good as he is so popularly considered. Think about when He created the Earth. If indeed he created all living things upon this earth, why is it that they were not all good creatures if they're creator was pure good? If God, in his perfect goodness created the earth, the earth itself could not be evil, and therefore evil could not infect the creatures upon the earth.

Therefore, logically, God is not pure good, but rather in perfect balance. Yin-Yang. It makes sense. If God created earth and all it's creatures, than it is logical that He in his ultimate wisdom understood the necessity of balance between Good and Evil to retain order in life. And so He created creatures of good as well as evil.

With this concept then, we can understand why the serpent had the idea to trick Eve, and why Eve was able to be tricked. In each of us lies the potential to be Good, Evil or in perfect balance. Although I do not think a creature of earth can be in perfect balance, because that would be, well...perfect. I think there are many who come close, but never PERFECT. Throughout our lifetime we can be swayed by events and our actions to lean toward one side or the other.

This also explains why the world became so evil that God felt he needed to wipe it clean. With the potential to be either good or evil within every creature, evidently the majority of creatures began to lean toward evil.

Now note that after God wiped the earth clean, he then promised to never flood the whole earth again. Thus Revelations was created as a prediction of when the Earth will once again be overtaken by Evil and God will need to intervene.

As far as tragic events upon this earth, floods, hurricanes and the like. I do not think that God or the Devil specifically trigger these events. But lean toward the idea that it is a concentration of good or evil karma within the affected areas that will cause the earth to react in such a way.

I do not think we should go around blaming God or the Devil for everything that seems to go wrong. We should live life realizing that our actions indeed affect not only ourselves, but everything around us. And we should take to heart which side of Yin-Yang do we want to be on.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

God vs Humans Part 3: Fate vs Choice- 2

Another argument in the Fate vs Choice debate would be the presence of the Devil. Again, I am not a religious scholar so I only vaguely know the details of the origins of the Devil. But knowing that he is a fallen angel, originally residing in Heaven, just goes to show that God did not pre-determine everything. If God is indeed the true essense of GOOD. Would this not render him incapable of doing evil?

There are many theories of Good vs Evil, Yin-Yang and etc. All of which ultimately say that there is a balance in this world between the two main forces and certain events are good, and certain events are evil. If God were to pre-determine both good events as well as bad, would he not cease to be pure good? What is the purpose of having the Devil/Evil force present in the world if God is the one who pre-determines what Evil does?

I do not believe that God decides what Evil does. I believe that Good and Evil are always at war within our world and each side pre-determines some events, and also provides the means and opportunites for some things to happen. But neither pre-determines ALL events.