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[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

How has lucfer made the world better?

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Lucifer roughly translates as "morning star", "shining one", or the "bringer of light". It predates Christianity and refers astronomically to Venus, the brightest star in the sky.

Christians personify and refer to Lucifer as the devil, the fallen star from heaven. It is said that evil only exists in the world because of the free will brought upon by Lucifer.

Christians tend to think everything is evil, so I'd argue that free will has made the world better in many ways.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'd argue that free will has made the world better in many ways.

Is free will not the origin of all evil?

[–]Vulptex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What if you were forced to do evil?

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't know. I guess the context matters. I don't think simply being forced is a valid excuse, but if you can't physically resist then you can't be responsible.