If God is so good, why is there evil?                               
                                                                           
The thrust of this charge is that evil's presence disproves God's power. But is the presence of evil consistent with the God of the   
Bible?

Consider :

  • God didn't create evil. Sin entered the world through Adam's disobedience (Genesis 3)
  • Evil is necessary for a free world. Freedom, or free will, gives humans the opportunity to make wrong choices.
  • God hesitates to stop evil for an important reason. Just as parents often allow their children to make mistakes and suffer the consequences, God acts in a parental fashion with his  creation.
  • God has the solution for evil. Jesus accomplished the ultimate defeat of evil on the cross. But just as we don't yet have
    eternal bodies, evil has yet to be removed from the world.