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Does God's plan require evil?
Does God's plan require evil?
Then how will we experience the fullness of living in heaven, with no contrast?Without bitter, we can't comprehend sweet, without night, day has little meaning. The fullness of living requires depths as well as heights. If we picture all existence (the whole cosmos from beginning to end) without contrast it would be one dimensional, formless, in a way, a non-existence, an endless sleep where one does not dream.
Time in heaven is contrasted by our time living here.Then how will we experience the fullness of living in heaven, with no contrast?
Then we could have simply experienced suffering for the first part of our lives if we only need contrast as a reference point. Instead some suffer horribly their whole lives, and some suffer far more than others. It doesn’t make sense.Time in heaven is contrasted by our time living here.
In past times the majority of Christians believed in purgatory. That was part of how they viewed the balance of the scales.Then we could have simply experienced suffering for the first part of our lives if we only need contrast as a reference point. Instead some suffer horribly their whole lives, and some suffer far more than others. It doesn’t make sense.
God could just make the food taste great for everyone without having to suffer tremendously to enjoy it though. If one person can enjoy heaven without having to experience the death of their children or a lifetime of of struggle, starvation, and war then what is the need for that level of suffering?In past times the majority of Christians believed in purgatory. That was part of how they viewed the balance of the scales.
Another possibility is that people experience heaven differently. Those who have suffered greatly could enjoy it more, like how food tastes better to those who are starving.
Someone who had many trials here could have an incredible peace and joy in heaven beyond words, while a person who was reasonably happy wouldn't have as much of a gap between their earthly life and heaven.
This is just me throwing ideas out there. I don't have all the answers.
Precisely God's point. It is us who create it through our abuse of the knowledge. A knowledge previously known ... 'And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:"then what is the need for that level of suffering?
Does God's plan require evil?