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Put down your guard for a moment. It isn't the case that this Jew is 'out to get you'.

The Problem of Evil is a massive issue within theology, and it represents what is probably the greatest stumbling block for rational people who ultimately reject faith. Understanding evil is perhaps one of the most important things that anyone can learn in spiritual development and in an effort to improve their lives. Jordan Peterson seems to have become popular, at least in part, because of his insistence on addressing evil.

The wisdom contained in this single video is vast. It will require having some background in order for it to "hit", but I hope that it resonates with you and spurs your interest in wisdom you may have rejected on ethnic grounds. There is a great deal here which applies to the early parts of the biblical Genesis.

Skip to about 1:30 in the video to avoid the obnoxiously long intro sequence.

Put down your guard for a moment. It isn't the case that this Jew is 'out to get you'. The Problem of Evil is a massive issue within theology, and it represents what is probably the greatest stumbling block for rational people who ultimately reject faith. Understanding evil is perhaps one of the most important things that anyone can learn in spiritual development and in an effort to improve their lives. Jordan Peterson seems to have become popular, at least in part, because of his insistence on addressing evil. The wisdom contained in this single video is vast. It will require having some background in order for it to "hit", but I hope that it resonates with you and spurs your interest in wisdom you may have rejected on ethnic grounds. There is a great deal here which applies to the early parts of the biblical Genesis. Skip to about 1:30 in the video to avoid the obnoxiously long intro sequence.

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Very insightful response.

I was particularly caught up by the thought about the fundamental difference in the nature of the will in God v. man. Anything which is not God must be a vessel whose nature it is to receive.

It is challenging and rewarding to think about the nature of God's will as an infinite bestower. We cannot comprehend it, and it ties the mind in knots like considering infinity does.

All of our perceptions of evil and goodness come from our ability to receive, which creates a necessary gap between ourselves and God: we cannot know what it is like to eternally and infinitely be giving experience away. We receive it, and that is all, and in our constrained ways we try to improve the experiences of others that we care about by intervening in this way or that.

But imagine how the interpretation of this world would be different if your will was based only on bestowing, and not at all on considerations about what you could receive (what could happen to you, or how this or that may effect you). It would just be to sacrifice all of the worldly concerns we possess. To fear nothing, including death.

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It would just be to sacrifice all of the worldly concerns we possess. To fear nothing, including death.

Yes.

1 John 4:8 (biblegateway.com)

and

John 15:13 (biblegateway.com)