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I'm not very good at rhetoric, Jacob, but how is this?
The manifestation of God's goodness requires the existance of evil.
| Was God good before evil was extant? Your quote seems to make God's goodness contingent upon the existence of evil. But before creation God was in a loving relationshiip with the members of the Godhead. There was no evil then, but yet God was still good. | I agree, but I was emphasizing the word 'manifest'. Can God's goodness be 'manifest' w/o evil? Can light be manifest without darkness? | I think so. Was God manifesting goodness within the Godhead prior to creation?
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