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Evil and sin are the perversion, misuse, misappropriation of something already existing, not created things existing on their own.
 
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Dear serious. If you knew God you wouls know that God is Love, and Love can only be good. I can understand that is is very hard to accept some of the happenings in this world, as being connected with the Goodness of God. God gave Mankind free will to follow His loving advice, ( Commandments) or to follow their own selfish ways. God does NOT force, or coerce us in any way. In the beginning God had made Man good, in God`s image, and then Adam and Eve ignored God`s advice/Command Not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge. They believed a lying Serpent, and were banished to Earth. In time they, and all who came after, moved farther and farther away from God. God`s Love for us did not give up on us, and Jesus, God-Son, paid for our transgressions and His Blood freed us from all wrongdoings, and we were reconciled to God. We are on Earth to LEARN to say NO to all temptation, which surrounds us in this imperfect world. We have to learn to love God, as He deserves tobe loved, and also learnto love each other, or all others, as we love ourselves. We have to REPENT, exchange our selfish and wilful character into becoming as God wants us to be, to live eternity with God and our brothers and sisters. That is God`s Plan for us. The Bible, God`s Holy Word, will explain it more in detail, serious. I say this humbly and with love. Greetings from Emmy, sister in Christ.
 
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