Can’t God Make Everything Bad Just Go Away?
A common question with no easy answer
The Problem of Evil is one of the thorniest philosophical and religious questions that has plagued the devout and the skeptical for centuries. The question asks, if God is all powerful, why is there evil in the world? Why can’t God unilaterally make everything better with a snap of his almighty fingers? It seems like an obvious question until you start digging into the practical answer. What would such an action even look like?
There are a few layers to this question. What methods could God use to eliminate evil? Would people even like how such a solution looked?
Eliminating Evil
Why can’t God just eliminate evil? What even is evil? Many people’s actions are evil, but would you damn the entire person based on a handful of actions? How many bad actions make an entire person evil? These are questions that need to be asked before they can be answered.
There are a few ways that God could eliminate evil. In fact, I would say that God does have the power to eliminate all evil. He just chooses not to for our own sake.
Destroy All Evil
God has used this method in the past. One simple way to eliminate evil is to destroy it. Like cancer, evil…
