Presence of Evil

300.40 UNLEASHED EVIL (p.91)

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“Natural evil” and “moral evil” would consequently forever- more plague and challenge man.336

Increased potential for good implies increased potential for evil.337 As mankind exercised the option of Tree of Knowledge, the component of “unleashed natural evil” came into play, along with the component of “higher potential for moral good, moral evil.” Along with the extensions of other potentialities, the potential exercise of evil is far greater. As mankind can no longer count on the Divine to shield him from evil, by virtue of the freedom  aspect of Tree of KnowledgeIPotential, man had best be strong, because the forces of evil can be quite strong.338

The Garden of Eden saga is shortly followed by Cain’s killing of Abel. Fratricide. Not only is man one of the very few speci.es in which members kill one other; man will literally kill his own blood brother. 

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