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Weatherford: Why did God make the Devil?
Weatherford: Why did God make the Devil?
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The question is why did God make the devil? He did not make him, he made himself. The problem of evil.

God did not create evil. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. (Matthew 7:15-18) 

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