What we call 'evil' happens because its deep within.. remember.. in the garden.. yes Eden! Eve ate of the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It doesn't matter whether or not you believe the story.. the result is clearly with us. We all have this knowledge and.. we use it.
Death is described as "the last enemy".. the last 'evil' if you like. We (and most animal life) are programmed to die. Our neural cells don't replace at all while other cells replicate according to a 'countdown' of telomeres.. a fixed number given during formation from the embryonic stage. Such a mechanism cannot evolve in a system motivated by survival! Its determined!
With sober reflexion you may admit.. a lifetime for anyone is about all the rest of us can stand! That God views death considerably different to us.. not so terminally.. he not only determined that we should die.. but when (firstly 120 yrs later revised down to 70 to 80 yrs) he also instituted the death penalty for certain crimes. Adam was warned of this penalty before eating the forbidden fruit.. and despite hanging laws.. people still committed murder.
If death is not terminal.. then death was both.. the kindest gift God could give, given our 'state'.. and the damnedest thing if the record of our evils go with us! Only God could solve this one.. and given that he did.. the ball is back in our court!
Absolute justice cannot plan evil.. we do that.. but justice demands payment which may look or feel evil! Were still building goals (jails). Finally the occurrence of an evil act may be a necessary part of the plan.. (solution above). God knows.. someone will do it! Given who God is.. he could actually use that evil for a his purpose. In which case all who do evil.. will end up working for God! All this is unique to the bible.. someone will say that's not science..
Why not.. only 'secular materialistic' science limits us to general 'material' truth.. this is about deep truth.. which we all have to deal with daily.. the observations are real.. 9/11 was and could only be described as 'evil'.
Have a beautiful day
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