Research Paper.
I. INTRODUCTION
I. INTRODUCTION
Why Does A Good God Allow Evil to Exist? Why is there evil in the world if there is God? Why isn't He doing something about it? Many assume that the existence of evil disproves the existence of God. Sometimes the problem of evil is put to the Christians in the form of a complex question, "If God is good, and then He must not be powerful enough to deal with all the evil and injustice in the world since it is still going on. If He is powerful enough to stop wrong doing then He must be evil since He's not doing any thing about it. So which is it? Is He a bad God or a God that's not all power?
The word ‘Evil’ is generally used in two separate connotations. Firstly, it is used for reference to the bad deeds of people: for instance lying, injustice, oppression etc. Secondly, it is used for circumstances and conditions, which people consider as ‘not good’, for instance: poverty, earthquakes, natural calamities, drought etc. The question “If God is all-good, why does He allow evil to exist” is generally asked from both perspectives: ‘if God is All-good, then why does He allow people to do evil?’ and ‘if God is all-good, then why is there is so much suffering in this world?”
To answer these haunting and crucial issues about the goodness of God and the existence of evil, it is necessary to look on several views of different authors regarding this topic.
