If God created everything then where did evil come from?

Answer 1

• When Adam and Eve where in the Garden of Eden, God specifically gave them orders to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Then Satan came in as a serpent that walked and talked. He convinced Eve to eat a piece of fruit. [The Bible does not say specifically what fruit Adam and Eve ate.] After Eve ate the fruit she gave to Adam after Adam and Eve had eaten they realized that they were naked and were embarrassed and tried to cover themselves with fig branches. Then they heard God coming through the Garden and they blamed each other. Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the serpent. So on and so forth. That's how all of the bad got into the world. Now God promised that this would happen if they ate from that tree. That's why God doesn't stop all the bad things in the world. For the whole story read in The Bible, Genesis chapter2 verses15 all the way to verse 17 in chapter 3. God is all powerful and sovereign but because of Adam and Eve he lets some bad things happen.

Answer 2

Answer:People of various religions have gone to their religious leaders and teachers to ask why there is so much suffering. Often, the response is that suffering is God's will and that he long ago determined everything that would ever happen, including tragic events. Would a loving God who, created life on earth, loved us so much that he gave his only son as a ransom sacrifice, would cause wars, violence, diseases on earth? The Bible states clearly these things are not caused by God.

The Bible says: "Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!"-Job 34:10.

James 1:13 When under trial, let no one say: "I am being tried by God." For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.

We read in 1 Peter 5:6 that God "cares for you"

So who is causing the wickedness that we see in todays world? 1 John 5:19 read, "The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."

Who is this "wicked one"? Jesus never doubted that Satan is the ruler of this world. In some miraculous way, Satan once showed Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world and their glory." Satan then promised Jesus: "All these things I will give you if you fall down and do an act of worship to me." (Matthew 4:8, 9; Luke 4:5, 6)

Think about that. Would that offer have been a temptation to Jesus if Satan was not the ruler of these kingdoms? Jesus did not deny that all these worldly governments were Satan's. Surely, Jesus would have quickly denied that if Satan was not the power behind them. This world reflects the personality of the invisible spirit creature who is "misleading the entire inhabited earth." (Revelation 12:9) Satan is hateful, deceptive, and cruel. So the world, under his influence, is full of hatred, deceit, and cruelty. That is one reason why there is so much suffering. The Bible states there will be a time when Satan and his demons will be destroyed. (Rev 20:10)

Another reason for suffering? Sinful humans tend to struggle for dominance, and this results in wars, oppression, and suffering. (Ecclesiastes 4:1; 8:9) A third reason for suffering is "time and unforeseen occurrence."

So we see here that it's not God that causes suffering. It's the combination of the wicked ruler of this world, and our sinful state.

Answer 3

It is impossible for good to exist if evil did not. Without the comparison, how would you know. A similar example would be war and peace. Without war, we would have no appreciation of the peace.

Evil (and goodness) is part of man's free will that is given to us by our creator. If you think about it, God must look at us as His dysfunctional family because we didn't make it very far before one brother killed another (Cain and Abel).

A:2

If God is responsible for all of creation then obviously he is also responsible for evil. God is responsible for the evil act of punishing an innocent child by placing him/her in the home of uncaring and evil parents. It is only an evil God who would discriminate against those who don't follow his prescribed doctrines and the attendant dictates of the religious leaders. It is only an evil God who would punish anyone who dares to challenge his absolute and dictatorial authority with eternal damnation in a dungeon called Hell. It is only an evil God who would also create numerous disasters and plagues to annihilate those who do not find his favor, but makes no effort to eradicate the scourge of vicious criminals who continue to terrorize good people in society. It is only an evil God who would blame his vicious and oppressive actions on some fake character called Satan.

Answer 4

Evil is the absence of good, just as darkness is the absence of light. Free will allows humans to choose between good and evil, leading to the presence of evil in the world. God desires humans to choose good, but the existence of evil enables humans to make meaningful choices and grow in virtue.