Why Does Evil Exist?

Topic Notes

Topics:

• Listener question: Doesn’t the Epic of Gilgamesh prove that Moses borrowed from earlier stories?
• Flood Stories exist in many multiple cultures
• There are many important differences between Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh
• Why does Evil exist?
• Discussion of C.S. Lewis’ “Mere Christianity”
• Bible Contradiction: From EvilBible.com:
  • God is to be found by those who seek Him vs. God is not to be found by those who seek Him
  • Matthew 7:8
  • Proverbs 8:17
  • vs. Proverbs 1:28
• If you see a contradiction in Proverbs, remember: Proverbs isn’t “Promises”; it’s “Principals”
• God, in His infinite love, made us to be FREE CREATURES
• If a creature is free to be GOOD, then a creature is free to be BAD – this is where Evil comes from
• What is Theodicy?
• We were designed to love God

 

This show originally aired January 27, 2013