Eddie Larry wrote:

> But if god just doesn't do so,
> ie., doesn't stop evil, what then?

Then evil will continue to grow and the world will become globally darker, but he said he will stop evil at Armageddon, which doesn't mean the end of the world, but the end of a type of rulership that has its grip on the world up until now.

> This is kind of hard to swallow because you said, "God does not
> require an adversary to be considered good..." If so he must
> end "evil" right now, because there is no logical reason not
> to.

Christ explained why he put an end to evil sooner than later in his parable of the wheat and the chaff. It's to allow and give time for the fruits of the spirit on earth to develop and mature.

> I would suggest to you that god has an adversary and it is not
> just bad "conscious power." As adversary, we have to consider
> things like volcanos, and earthquakes, and floods and droughts,
> and poverty and exploitation and all the "isms" like racism and
> terrorism and the list goes on and on and on...

Well volcanoes and earthquakes, etc., are physical in nature and are on a different level to the principle adversary I was referring to, but I agree that those behind terrorism are God's adversaries.

> Now people like Paul interpreted creation temporarliy and
> subject to change. Didn't he say something like creation is
> "groaning" as in Chilbirth. Well it is 2,000 years later so I
> would suggest that the temporary character you mention here:
> "It's only temporary. Evil has no power of its own because its
> a perverse expression and attitude of mind." just can't be
> right.

You didn't quite full explain why it can't be right, but I can see what you're getting at. It is said that in the last days of this system it would be like a mother experiencing the pangs of the distress of birth, but then a there would be a cleansed earth. This goes towards illustrating the point that this evil adversary situation is only temporary.

> It is time for the child to be born.
>
> Tell you what, Rob, I will give you a week. If your all good
> god doesn't fix things up by then, I will suggest to you that
> you need a new theory!!
>
> Have a great day! The clock is ticking.

You're too impatient, Eddie. All good things come to those who wait!

Rob