54:0.2 [[The Gods]] neither [[create]] [[evil]] nor permit [[sin]] and [[rebellion]]. [[Potential]] [[evil]] is [[time]]-[[existent]] in a [[universe]] [[embracing]] [[differential]] [[levels]] of [[perfection]] [[meanings]] and [[values]]. [[Sin]] is [[potential]] in all realms where imperfect [[beings]] are [[endowed]] with the [[ability]] to [[choose]] between [[good]] and [[evil]]. The very [[conflicting]] [[presence]] of [[truth]] and untruth, [[fact]] and [[falsehood]], [[constitutes]] the [[potentiality]] of [[error]]. The [[deliberate]] [[choice]] of [[evil]] constitutes [[sin]]; the willful rejection of [[truth]] is [[error]]; the [[persistent]] pursuit of [[sin]] and error is [[iniquity]]. | 54:0.2 [[The Gods]] neither [[create]] [[evil]] nor permit [[sin]] and [[rebellion]]. [[Potential]] [[evil]] is [[time]]-[[existent]] in a [[universe]] [[embracing]] [[differential]] [[levels]] of [[perfection]] [[meanings]] and [[values]]. [[Sin]] is [[potential]] in all realms where imperfect [[beings]] are [[endowed]] with the [[ability]] to [[choose]] between [[good]] and [[evil]]. The very [[conflicting]] [[presence]] of [[truth]] and untruth, [[fact]] and [[falsehood]], [[constitutes]] the [[potentiality]] of [[error]]. The [[deliberate]] [[choice]] of [[evil]] constitutes [[sin]]; the willful rejection of [[truth]] is [[error]]; the [[persistent]] pursuit of [[sin]] and error is [[iniquity]]. |