Quote Originally Posted by nrajeff View Post
Did God create Beethoven's symphonies? If Beethoven was an Evangelical, his answer would probably be "yes" since Evans typically give ALL--100%--of the credit for any good thing they do, to God and to no one else. As for other Christians, such as the LDS, I think that many if not most of them would allow for the possibility that God inspired many composers like He inspired prophets and other saints. So in the case of composers like Beethoven or Handel, an LDS person probably would have no problem saying that the inspiration for the symphonies maybe came from God. If the Evans are right, and God is the "first cause" of all that is good in this universe, when who is the first cause of all that is BAD? Who dreamed up the universe in the first place? You will never let Stem walk you toward the conclusion of where your theology logically leads, because the ramifications destroy your beliefs about God.

No. Beethoven wrote his symphonies. This is called SECONDARY CREATION:

God created Beethoven who in turn created his symphonies. Why is this so hard for Mormons to understand?? Of course the "inspiration" came from God.

Your apparent DENIAL of God's OMNISCIENCE creates greater problems for you than your philosophical question regarding the nature of evil, jeff.