How can a good, all-powerful God allow evil to exist? If god was really good, why would He let us suffer? If God was really all-powerful, why doesn't He stop evil from happening?
The problem with these questions is that they assume that evil is a thing. For example, darkness is not a thing; it is an absence of light. If you want to make a room darker, you simply remove or block light. Cold, too, is not a thing, but it just the absence of heat or energy. In this same way, evil is the lack of good.
God never created an evil world or evil people. As Genesis 1 tell us, God created a good world, and He gave humanity free will. Greg Johnson contends, "Human beings are capable of great beauty and kindness, but also great evil. Children are cute, but selfish. Adults are smart, but manipulative. This Bible accounts for both the glory and the same of being human. We're God's image, but an image marred and distorted by our divorce from our Creator."
God made us good, but we chose, and continue to choose, to rebel. If God decided to wipe evil from the face of then planet, every one of us would be eradicated, because we are all evil. So, instead of destroying humanity, God decided to redeem it.
Evil exists, because we exist, and God loves us too much to destroy us all. Humans do commit terrible crimes and atrocities, but our God is the omnipotent judge. Every action will be accounted for. God is confident in who He is and what He is capable of, and so He meekly (meekness = strength under control) lets us follow the desires of our heart.
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