Why does God allows Evil

April 16, 2011 7:31am CST
Why does God permitted Evil to tempt human being? Considering that human being is the highest/apex of His creation and he love that much...coz this is the concrete proof of His being Almighty.....
7 responses
• Canada
16 Apr 11
God is a made up father figure that helped humans explain things they didn't understand, that's why. Evil is really just a human perception, the universe has no control over notions of what is 'good' or 'evil.' "Cursed be he who does the Lord's work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood." Jeremiah 48:10. "If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her." Deuteronomy 22:28-29. "From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on his way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him. "Go up baldhead," they shouted, "go up baldhead!" The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two shebears came out of the woods and tore forty two of the children to pieces." 2 Kings 2:23-24. Doesn't sound like a god worth worshipping either, don't you think?
• United States
17 Apr 11
If I didn't know any better, you sound like a bitter backslider! God loves you, the scriptures you're presenting all have one common thread, 'Choice' - the problem many people face, is we don't like consequences that come with the choices we make...this makes God 'Cruel', 'Uncaring', you know, all the other garbage people come up with. If someone chose to 'rape' my daughter, he'd get a lot more than 50 pcs of silver and her hand in marriage...really? As a parent, children will Always suffer when they spitefully or sarcastically do what we tell them to do...I've seen worse things happen to people who come against the Man of God. It's all in the choices you make...it's kinda like grocery shopping...what? Yeah, you pick out your own shopping cart, you go down the isle you want, you can get as much food as you want right? You can't leave though can you? You have to PAY for the 'choices' you've made...before you LEAVE
• Canada
17 Apr 11
How is the common thread "choice?" The common thread is that god demanded and rewarded a great number of evils. I do not have the ability to copy&paste, otherwise I could share many more passages such as those previously posted that show what a sadistic, cruel, and angry god he supposedly is (and if god is perfect, as you believe, then he should be complete and need nothing else - but no, according to the bible he's an angry being who requires sacrifices, absolute obedience, and the raping and murdering of men, women, and children who simply don't give him that obedience). Here are some more choice passages to look up though, before replying to me again: Leviticus 20:27, Exodus 21:15, Leviticus 21:9, 2 Chronicles 15:12-13, Deuteronomy 22:20-21, Deuteronomy 13:7-12, 2 Samuel 6:3-7, Judges 5:30, (all NAB) and there is more where those came from. So you think that god was correct in ordering that as a minimum? That he would demand a rape victim marry the man who raped her? That's not really a choice, according to the bible, it's the direct demand of the lord. I can't even begin to imagine the mental trauma that would cause to a poor girl. And if some kids call someone names, that justifies their vicious decapitation and murder?
• Philippines
26 Apr 11
This is a powerful scripture regarding temptations and trials James 1:2 - 4 (or you can read until verse 18)
@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
16 Apr 11
You can't have good without bad, light without dark happy without sad. That's life.
• Philippines
16 Apr 11
He must, because He gave us free will...we have to choose
• Philippines
16 Apr 11
evil can be done by the devil of course but it is the only way of God to make you believe in His works and trust Him the way He wants you to trust Him... Evil is the work of the devil wherein the devil knows your weakness but only God can give you wisdom to fight those weaknesses because it also pertains to temptations... A prayer is a strongest weapon but the faith in Him is the strongest armor so evil won't touch your whole being...
@Jo1272 (49)
• United States
16 Apr 11
It is my belief as a child of God that when bad stuff happens it is because of several reasons. One may be that we are being taught a lesson in that we don't seek him to help us get out of the situation or our hearts are not open like they need to be so the devil has his opening to cause havoc in our lives some choices are not good in the eyes of God so we see the other side the consequences of that choice We all have free will God loves us so much that he wants us to always fellowship with him talk to him The closer you draw to God the closer he will draw to you. God is love and just He needs to correct his children sometimes to help them to understand what we do sometimes is wrong but he never stops loving us!
@tintukm (1102)
• India
16 Apr 11
These two are concepts I must say and when we live in this world we feel both the presence similarly. Evils are not doings of any unknown source I must say, but of the humans and we all living in this world itself. God is a belief to enable humans have a little faith in all our doings and hopes. Goodness and Bad things keep going on and on, but we must decide on which side to stick to with our right decisions and sense, right.