myth-one.com wrote:
JehovahsWitness wrote: . . . lets just stick to scripture and leave out human reasoning.
OK, here are the scriptures involved:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. (Genesis 1:1-2)
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)
Definition of good: to be desired or approved of.
Explain how all of the above can be true without using any human reasoning.
Good luck.
* human reasoning: reasoning independent of and contradictory to scriptural law and principle
I dont have to, there is absolutely no reason to conclude formlessness, void or darkness cannot be
also be good; I have given
numerous scriptural examples (none of which you have even attempted you address) of things God has created and approved of to support this conclusion. If your argument is God could not have been responsible for an earth that was formlessness, void and dark (or that if in his good time and pleasure he chose to change it from that condition to an alternative) , it MUST have been Satan,
then it is entirely without scriptural merit.
It is for
you to present scriptural evidence, that does not amount to axiom, to negate the examples from the bible provided.
JW
While certain features/ characteristics of the physical universe are sometimes used in an illustrative/metaphoric way to illustrate negative concepts or behaviours (and of course as free moral agents individuals can choose to become bad of their own volition),
the bible never presents any aspect of Gods inanimate physical creation as being bad or negative in themselves .
GENISIS 1:5
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.