#41. THE PR0BLEM OF EViL.

DURING MANY MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES WE ASK OURSELVES A QUESTION THAT CONSISTS OF US WANTING TO KNOW .. WHY?

The 'bad' things that go on in our lives and in the lives of others have become a part of life. It is normal for us to turn on our television screens and see the destruction happening in various parts of the world, and even in our own backyards.

But the question once again arises.. WHY?

If you believe in an all powerful God, one that has the ability to stop all the evil in the world right at this instant, then then you understand why it is that asking WHY is this happening to me? is a valid question.

As the reading states, God not stopping all the evil in the world is what you can refer to as the
"PROBLEM OF EVIL"

When analyzing the Theistic point of view we see that there are 3 components to the our image of GOD.

the first one would be that 1. God is fully aware of what is going on in our lives
                                          2. God is able to prevent all the evil in the world
                                          3. and God WANTS to prevent all the evil in the world.

Looking around us we can see that the world is clearly with evil,
SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE IS NO GOD?

The theistic belief would have us think, that if there is a God that he doesn't care, or that he just does not exist.

--> Just as God is defined as the greatest being. Greater than anything imaginable, maybe his intelligence is also so complex that we will not be able to fully understand the reasons for his existence. Maybe, Gods plan is not for us to understand and we must simply wait in patience to see his plans unfold.