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Originally Posted by jdlongmire  Oy! Wrong again - Death for Paul is not intrinsically evil. He sees it as a good thing -he is ready to go - read the Scripture in context. |
Wow, the extent of face saving.
I have read it in context. And, you didn't post "the context." You posted THAT verse. And, all know that you thought Paul's saying that "death is gain" implied that "death isn't evil." That is obvious.
Again, as you just agreed, a good consequence can come from an evil. So that Paul was "ready for it" doesn't mean that "it" can't be evil.
Recall that you said,
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I certainly do not assume one cannot gain from an evil. I gained a glorious Saviour from the evil of Adam.
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The murder of Jesus was the greatest evil ever, yet in one sense we see it is a good thing, the goodest!
The greatest evil brought about or was an instrument for the greatest good.
Go have some more
time, gotta be more fun than this!
