The Problem of Evil

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How does one properly answer the “Problem of Evil”. How can there be a God that allows Evil? If there is God there can be no evil but, there is evil, so therefore there is no God. How does one properly answer that? Thanks and God bless.
 
There are a number of different ways to answer the problem of evil. These are called “theodicies.”

Probably the most famous is the Free Will Theodicy: God permits evil because it is good for him to respect the free will of the creatures he endowed with free will.

Evil is not a substance. Evil is the lack of a good that should be present. Thus, everything God created is good and God only wills good. However, God’s creatures with free will can choose lesser goods over higher goods. Thus, I could choose the good of sleeping over the good of going to work and providing food for my family. That is evil because I have corrupted the priority of goods.

God permits evil because he can bring good even out of evil in ways that we can’t imagine. God himself, however, does not intend evil actively but only permits it.
 
i’m no scholar, but it is a an undeniable fact that each and every one of us has free will. God is not a tyrant as many people like to portray him as, but he loves us enough to give us free will. Evil in the world is caused the the people who chose to do bad things; People who make a bad use of their free will. Having free will doesn’t disprove God. I hope this helps.

God Bless.
 
In addition to the Kreeft book there is another one called Why Does God Permit Evil by Dom Bruno Webb.
 
If theists have to answer why there is evil then atheists have to answer “Why is there good?”
 
Montie_Claunch said:
How does one properly answer the “Problem of Evil”. How can there be a God that allows Evil? If there is God there can be no evil but, there is evil, so therefore there is no God. How does one properly answer that? Thanks and God bless.
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The premise is faulty.
 
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