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    The concept of evil (bone) does exist in Akan moral language — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The interpretation that God created human beings to actually and always do good cannot be the correct meaning of the Akan maxim 'God created every human being good'

    The concept of evil (bone) does exist in Akan moral language

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    In this connection, let us pay some attention to the Akan belief embedded in a maxim that says, “God created every human being (to be) good” (Onyame boo obiara yie). The view expressed in this proverb seems to be at variance with the notion of the moral-neutrality of the human being discussed earlier in connection with character (section 3). The meaning of the maxim “God created every human (to be) good” is not too clear; it may be interpreted in two ways. First, it may be taken as implying that

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