The presence of evil

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Azure24

If God is perfect then God will know that if we were perfect we will try to gain power over God (much like the Devil, who allegedly was the first God made and maybe to closest to power)? Or only one perfect being can exist (forget what i said about aquiring perfection). At the end of the day something made this universe, you either believe it (God) is perfect or not? And if you still question, why don't you just ask him?

If we were perfect, we would have no need to be like God. We would understand God's perfect will for us, and we would accept it perfectly. As far a the devil, well he isn't perfect either, because he lacks something...God in his "heart" "being" make up what have you. Because of his ambitions or anger, or jealousy, he was removed from the presence of God.

And because we do have God in our lives, and do hold a place in God's heart, the devil hates us (or has even less love, or no love for us).

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[Azure24]

Ok, ok... I can't think of an explanation apart from the fact we aren't perfect. Why? I don't know, maybe if we stopped trying to be perfect...