The Nature of Evil

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Evil is portrayed in a variety of ways in Genesis A and B of the Junius Manuscript. The paper shows that evil manifests despite God's attempt to give those who are loyal to him everything they need. The first manifestation of evil is in Heaven, when certain angels become proud and rebellious. When God decides to create Earth and human beings, evil also infests this. The paper shows that the phenomenon can then be seen in three ways. Evil as perverse, irrational and deluding are discussed as it is portrayed in the Junius manuscript. It appears to infest everything and everybody. Even God himself is not entirely free of the claws of evil.

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"God expands his universe by creating the earth and all the creatures on it. He then trusts ten orders of angels to deal with matters on earth. These angels are made especially beautiful and powerful for God's purposes, and they exist to exalt and praise him. However, it is a again the leader who perversely falls in love with the creation rather than the creator. The highest of the angels created in this way becomes proud of all that he has received in terms of beauty and power. Forgetting that these are gifts from God, the angel uses his endowments to become proud and boastful, and he does not wish to be under God's power any more (Bradley, 1982:19; line 261- 277). He also speaks very conceitedly against God, feeling that it is no longer necessary to "flatter" him for the sake of his own ego."

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