If God Exists, Then Why is There So Much Evil in the World?
There is much speculation on the topic of Religion on our planet.
Religion can often cause wars and terrorism and hurt throughout the world. The question on almost every persons lips who reside on the planet earth is; If God exists then why is there so much evil in the world?
As with many questions associated with faith, they are often left unanswered, I personally believe that there isn’t an answer to this question, unless you are an atheist believer. There are lots of theories on this topic and I don’t believe I can truly answer any of the peoples question to a satisfactory standard. What ever anyone says and does there will still be evil somewhere on the globe. That is the beauty of the questions we cannot answer, however frustrating they become, every thing is theoretical.
Some people believe that God gave us free will. He gave us free will and chooses not to interfere with our choices; perhaps he wants us to learn the hard way or wants us to find out for ourselves, like he’s doing it for the greater good. God gave us free will, and we choose to use it unwisely.
Many people doubt the existence of God; I have to confess that I have my doubts about the existence of the all powerful, all knowing and all loving being that created the existence of the earth and man. Some people have experienced true horrors in their life, which make them think to themselves “Surely God can’t have wanted me to learn this way”. I have experienced nasty things in my life which make me angry at God. But compared to some people what I have experienced is nothing. I think they have a right to be angry at someone.
There is often an expression used commonly in modern day society. “We’re only human”. Well I think that they’re right, any one who believes that God does these for the Greater good, must be a very strong believer and a very powerful character. Once upon a time I would have said that these people were Naive and Oblivious to the outside world as I have mentioned before in other pieces of writing I have done. But now after researching this question through a popular internet search engine and reading some of people’s opinions I think that they need a figure, a stature of caress, someone to turn to in times of hardship.
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Post CommentAlexis Flint
On February 14, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Because without suffering, there’d be no compassion.
Kairos
On February 16, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Human suffering is a theological question indeed.Therefore, the exstence of God is also being questioned. In my view, God gives us “free will” and this guides us to do things at our own expense. However, during our prayers we ask for protection. In our Christian faith there are guardian angels to protect young kids. But then, where were they when kids were raped or being abused? Until now, 4 years after I studied theology, this is still unclear to me. All I learned are discourses. I do believe in God and always whisper a little prayer for justice, peace and protection.
Dawn
On February 18, 2009 at 3:01 pm
The book of Genesis tells us how Satan deceived Adam and Eve into taking the apple from the tree of knowlege – God cast Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, and as the account goes on to tell us… they began to die….. as we know from the account they didnt die immediately but their bodies began to die, much like our bodies do today……. past a certain age our bodies deteriate…….. just like then, in our day Satan continues to mislead people, causing havoc and suffering around the world….. Revelation chapter 12 verse 7 to 9 tells us that Satan was cast down from the heavens to earth and that he is misleading the entire inhabited earth……………….. Thus it is not God causing this suffering its Saten…. and one day God will put an end to it once and for all and restore the earth to its original intention ‘ a garden of Eden for us all….. Revelation chapter 21 verse 4 tells us ” He will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more neither will mourning nor outcry not pain be any more for the former things have passed away”