Would you like to go deep on why God allows evil?

[jimmy2]

God does not allow evil. What God allows is free will. As men and women we have free will to choose God or choose evil. If you are evil you will do evil things. If you choose God he is always good so you do good things for God. So the question is a false concept because God does not allow evil God allows us to be either good or evil. What your thoughts on this. Comments welcome.

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No God does not have a gun at your head saying choose me. When he gives us free will to choose it on us

[XHopelessRomanticX]

God could change everyone’s personality so that they cannot sin. But to do so would be to remove free will—and we would just be “programmed” to obey Him. That means we would be incapable of having a genuine relationship with God.

God could compensate for people’s evil actions through supernatural intervention 100 percent of the time. He would stop a drunk driver from causing an accident. He would stop a gunman from entering a school. He would stop an angry man from hitting his wife and children.
While this solution sounds attractive, it would lose its attractiveness as soon as God’s intervention infringed on something we wanted to do. We want God to prevent horribly evil actions, but we are willing to let “lesser-evil” actions slide—not realizing that those “lesser-evil” actions are what usually lead to the “greater-evil” actions.

Should God only stop actual sexual affairs, or should He also block our access to pornography or end any inappropriate, but not yet sexual, relationships? Should God stop “true” thieves, or should He also stop us from cheating on our taxes? Should God only stop murder, or should He also stop the “lesser-evil” actions done to people that lead them to commit murder? Should God only stop acts of terrorism, or should He also stop the indoctrination that transformed a person into a terrorist?

[XHopelessRomanticX]

Another choice would be for God to judge and remove those who choose to commit evil acts. The problem with this possibility is that there would be no one left, for God would have to remove us all. We all sin and commit evil acts (Romans 3:23; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). While some people are more evil than others, where would God draw the line? Ultimately, all evil causes harm to others.

[XHopelessRomanticX]

Instead of these options, God has chosen to create a “real” world in which real choices have real consequences. In this real world of ours, our actions affect others.

[Anonymous]

Most evil in this world is done by humans. We have free will so our poor choices are on us.

[jshm2]

No, as human interpretation of "evil" is subjective.

Someone kills your grandpa in cold blood, they are "evil" in your eyes. But they did it in revenge for a rape he committed decades back, it becomes "justice" instead.

What actually is "evil" and a mortal human deems "evil" is rarely the same. Humans can not see the whole picture of something. It's why mistakes and miscarriages of justice are a human trait, not a trait of God.

[Truth0225]

God doesn’t control our life. God gave us free will. You can choose to be whatever you want. However that goes with having a balance in life. There is no good if there is no evil. There is no joy without sadness. Also, evil people are put on earth to test you. When you have people who test you, it is to see whether you can remain good and still believe in God. Many people abandon their faith when they are faced with adversity.

[Cassie88]

Okay, I'll give it a shot (cracks knuckles).

The theological 'Problem of Evil' only exists in the first place if we assume that God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, but why do people make that specific assumption? In many, if not most, cases it's because the theist belongs to one of the three Abrahamic faiths (i. e. Judaism, Christianity, Islam), all of which preach that God is good and just.

Well, God isn't good and just. God doesn't give a damn about our petty concerns. God is indifferent to our suffering, and we're just His laboratory experiment. Do biologists actually care about the microbes they're studying through their microscopes? Of course not. Same with God.

[jimmy2]

God knows us individually and His Son Jesus knows our humanity.

[Cassie88]

Yeah? Prove it.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

When God let's people exercise their free will to either do good or bad then He's allowing evil to take place through His divine sovereignty and oversight.

As to why God allows it? It's because God works all things (good and evil) according to the counsel of His will though humans don't understand such concept because it's from a eternal perspective.

It's to the glory of God to allow evil to take place so that it reflects back to His glory and justice when He punishes the wicked and their evil both in this lifetime and in hell forever.

[SlothySlob]

God gave us free will to do whatever we want. The way God punishes evil is in the afterlife.
Doing deed in the name of God does not absolve you of punishment. If you deeds are evil, even if done in the name of God, those deeds are evil. The only thing you did is tarnish God's name.

[OfDeath]

By your logic If god allows the free will to do evil which means god created the conditions for evil. Suffering is caused by the evil god allowed.

And what of a baby who is born with blood cancer? Did that child choose with it's free will to suffer?

The whole thing is stupid because free will isn't even a thing.

[jimmy2]

God created Satan , Satan chose to say he higher than God in pride God through him out of Heaven and he in this world roaring about like a lion

[OfDeath]

[Chazmatazz269]

There is no such thing as “evil”. Literally every human behavior widely considered “evil” can be boiled down to greed or mental illness.

[jimmy2]

Disagree

[Chazmatazz269]

Examples?

[Anonymous]

Forcing your religious views on others is an act of violence.

[jimmy2]

Who forcing this is a discussion