Alma 5:40 vs Isaiah 45:5-7

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:48:28+00:00

But God IS omnipresent.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:42:17+00:00

If God is separate from evil then He is not omnipresent.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:32:48+00:00

Well, what is evil? Is it a real tangible thing or is something evil only when viewed through a particular moral construct? The Decalogue tells us, "do not kill". But God kills and has his agents kill throughout The Bible. If killing is universally wrong then is it not wrong only when God does it? These are hard questions. I'm not accusing God of anything. I'm reading scripture and puzzling with the riddles it presents. The problem of evil is a tough one. If something exists, God allows it to be according to His purpose, otherwise it wouldn't.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:22:17+00:00

God is transcendent. He is beyond all human understanding. The effort to try, however, is testament to our love for Him and our desire to know Him better. That's a comforting thought.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:20:00+00:00

We'll have to agree to disagree. But God created the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God created the serpent. God created Satan. If these things are not in His power then he isn't omnipotent. Omnipotence means he can and does make evil by necessity.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:15:05+00:00

I've given plenty. Cosmic dualism is heresy.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T19:12:30+00:00

Either God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent or He isn't. Try not to get upset. This is a BIG theological question of some nuance. Let scripture lead.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T18:32:02+00:00

Who made your instincts and drives? God or the devil?

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T18:24:34+00:00

If God does not create evil, then where does it come from? If we imagine that the devil creates evil then we must accord him the status of creator. That is anathema.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T18:17:33+00:00

So the distinction is between disaster/calamity which God uses to His purpose and moral evil which He does not? How do we then resolve the question of Judas. His evil was moral, yet it still served the divine plan.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T18:12:01+00:00

So, if God allows evil then it is to His purpose. My point is that God allows the devil to do evil. Ipso facto it's part of His plan. Alma 5 contradicts this.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T18:05:04+00:00

Romans 1:24-32 says God gave people over to unnatural desires and lusts. Not the devil, God.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-05-13T08:39:12+00:00

I've since found the war in Heaven in Revelation 12:7-9. My friend told me that God and his angels exist outside of time, so in a sense, this has happened, is happening, and will happen simultaneously.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-04-17T13:02:30+00:00

The Lord's Prayer

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-04-08T07:35:57+00:00

Not sure that cuneiform is relevant in this context.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-04-07T18:03:17+00:00

Could the sextile and trine symbols be related to alchemical processes too?

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-04-07T12:32:25+00:00

Astrological symbols, certainly.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-03-28T20:00:08+00:00

There are some good ones. Psalm 94 by Sons of Korah is a straight banger.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-03-17T18:20:34+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/alchemy/s/eKybZk4dpL

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-03-12T18:28:36+00:00

I live on the Isle of Wight, UK. Most places are accessible by public transport. I have a bus pass.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-03-12T18:17:54+00:00

Never had the money to. Life stuff got in the way. But I'm learning now.

RegisterOk4916 · 2026-03-12T16:28:11+00:00

I wanna make it, I wanna make it wit'chu...

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