![]() ![]() In order for good to exist, there must be an opposite force that we are able to compare goodness to. 2 Nephi 2:11Īccording to this, God created opposition in all things in order for there to be a righteousness relative to a wickedness. ![]() If not so, …righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad…. Is it true that there must be utter evil for there to be summum bonum? Or as the Book of Mormon puts it:įor it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. There is also healthy levels of beauty, kindness, variety and love. We live in a world with the worst of murderers, dictators, rapists, and all manner of evil doers. Presupposing that this world was created by this omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent God, would we expect it to be the best possible world? If God loves us, he would want us to experience the greatest heights of joy and fulfillment and also avoid the deepest miseries and suffering. ![]() He placed Adam and Eve upon it and through their progeny we are here today. In the Christian belief, he created the universe and the earth we live in. God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good. ![]()
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