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fhansen
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No evil exists by nature, by virtue of something being created that way IOW. The anger that comes from unrighteousness is a natural feeling or passion that is being exploited and abused by the person, as he yet lacks the wisdom and love to direct that feeling appropriately and would rather use it to further his own selfish interests, getting his way or asserting his power and “superiority” for the rush that experience can give.
All of creation is inferior to God, due to the fact that He, alone, is infinitely perfect. So we’re already “less good”, relatively speaking, compared to Him. When free will is given to this less-than-perfect creation, to us, then the ingredients exist for less-than-perfect choices, to put it in very general terms. Man cannot “go it alone”; he was meant for communion with God in order to achieve and remain in a state of justice. We’re here to learn that truth, to learn that we need Him because, for one thing, we don’t control our faculties and appetites very well, with obvious strife and suffering and victimization resulting in our world. We don’t love as we should without grace.
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