Who created death?

[ruschold]

In one of the readings at Mass a couple days ago, a passage from Wisdom was used; it said God did not create death. I posted the reading, and my son then asked “Who created death?” How would I answer that?

 

[Lady_Love]

Adam and Eve when they sinned. “The wages for sin is death.” God warned them not to eat of it but they did not trust Him or listen to Him. He tried to protect them.

 

[itullian]

wasn’t death there before they sinned? i mean, they needed to eat from the tree of life or they’d have died anyway, right?

so death was there, no?

 

[TeenageConvert]

Well no one “created” death, but it’s what happened when sin entered the world.
Light doesn’t create darkness, darkness is simply the absence of light. Same concept with God and death(or evil)
And no, death did not exist until sin was committed.

 

[The_Scott]

wasn’t death there before they sinned? i mean, they needed to eat from the tree of life or they’d have died anyway, right?

so death was there, no?

Well, death for an animal and death for a human are two fundamentally different things. Deaths for animals and plants have a purpose for food and nutrition for the higher food chain animals (ultimately leading to humans).

 

[ConstantineTG]

Well, death is not a thing that is created. Death is a corruption of creation. Adam and Eve did not create death by their sin. Only God can create. Death did result in Adam and Eve’s sin but it wasn’t a creation but rather a corruption of God’s creation.

 

[itullian]

the tree of life please?

if there was no death it would not have been neccessary,right?

 

[Gods_Peace]

In one of the readings at Mass a couple days ago, a passage from Wisdom was used; it said God did not create death. I posted the reading, and my son then asked “Who created death?” How would I answer that?

Creatures, we are the ones who choose not to be with God, God never created that option, creatures do when they chose to sin against God.