
Originally Posted by
geoff
5speed- your right in the fact that we cant hold the devil responsible for everything that goes wrong. but neither is God responsible. look at it this way, in genesis God creates adam and eve. they are told what they can and cant do by God. they even have the blessing of being with God in the Garden and walking with Him, cant get much closer than that. so how is it then, that the devil was able to tempt them and cause them to fall? did God create them to sin? no. we each as humans have a fault in us to sin. we as men are naturally selfish and think of ourselves first. we live to please ourselves above all else. look at all the mass genocides that have occured in history, they were done all in some gods name or belief but in all reality it was done to further these peoples goals, ambitions, and greed. they used God as an excuse. God is not the author of evil, we are, all we need is a little push in the wrong direction from the devil ( temptation ) and we jump all over it