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Originally Posted by k.seymore  Of course death isn't inherently evil. Israel wasn't longing for the day when their enemies were destroyed because death was inherently bad! But that doesn't mean it is inherently good either. It is just death. The meaning of a particular instance of death comes from elsewhere. For instance:
"Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of his saints." (Psa 116:15) |
Oh, yes, "of course" it isn't. What was I thinking.
I can tell you've not read the thread. Intrinsic evils can bring about goods. So, that they rejoiced at the good of enemy removal, it doesn't follow logically, at all, that human death is not an intrinisc evil.
It's not "just death." It's "just an enemy." It's "just a result of sin." It's "just the marring of God's image." It's "just contrary to our nature." It's "just," as Calvin said, "an evil."
Lastly, you're assuming that an evil can't bring about a good and thus be "precious." Jesus murder, an evil, was also precious in the sight of the Lord. Indeed, it PLEASED him to crush him. That crushing was the evil of murder.
ou're assuming that one can't gain from an evil.
Let's take an example. Families sometimes drift apart. And family tragedies sometimes bring families back together. Say a family member is murdered. As a result, the survivors no longer take each over for granted. They make time for each other. They value the time they spend together. They make the most of the time they have. That's a good result of a heinous crime.
Thus one could argue that the family gained from the murder of their family member. The murder was an evil.