GOD - “THE AUTHOR OF GOOD”

  I am not sure whether the title arises in you a question. But certainly when I sat down to write, the title arose in me a simple but yet profound question and that is God not creator of bad?

            After a deep and intense reflection, I conclude and affirm that there is nothing bad or profane in the universe. All that exists and crated was good. To quote in the words of Sacred Scripture “God created everything and found good.”  The problem arises because in the everydayness of carrying on with life, the human being undergoes or rather comes across events that are bad or experiences the bad itself in its fullness. If God not cause for it, who is the cause? Who can take the responsibility for the cause of bad in the world?

            Nothing is bad but something becomes bad if it is used not the way it is supposed to be used. Let us take for example, the burning issue sex. It is not bad. It is good in as much as used by the legally married couple for the furthering of creation. But same sex becomes bad, when lovers or people do it for enjoyment, pleasure or money. Very many examples can be quoted but one provides space for reflection.

            After all, everything depends on the perspective of human being because he/she is able to make something good into bad and bad into good. And so, ultimately the cause is in not out there but it is very much in.