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MineralMan

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9. Well, that mythological figure certainly gets the blame for human flaws.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 12:27 PM

Feb 2019

Scapegoating goes way, way back, apparently. But, then, God apparently acknowledges his role in all of that, as he is reported to have said in Isaiah 45: 7:

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things."

"The Word of the Lord"

It stands to reason that a deity who created all things created evil as well.

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