God can prevent evil but he does not???

Answer 1

our understanding of god is temporal.it is not about creation but modeling it.
'evil' is no more necessary in our understood of "model of god creation'.{maybe at 50 BC it was}.
we would be ready to make revolutionary changes in our concepts time to time.

Answer 2

there are two kinds of evil. natural evil like earthquakes tsunamis forest fires, and moral evil like rape, murder.Christian doctrines increase the probability of the coexistence of God and the evils in the world. Let me just mention a couple of these.
On the Christian view, the purpose of life is not happiness as such in this life. Rather it is the knowledge of God---which will ultimately produce true and everlasting happiness. What that means is that many evils occur in this life which might be utterly pointless with respect to producing human happiness. But they might not be pointless with respect to producing the knowledge of God.you assume the absence of evil would make this world a better place, that the purpose of life is basically to be happy in this life. And I certainly admit that you could make changes that might appear to make this life a better place, make it happier. But that's not God's purpose. So if you understand that the purpose of life is not happiness as such, I think that you can see that the existence of evil doesn't necessarily cast any improbability upon God's existence., I think that there is actually an argument for God from evil. It would go like this:
(i) If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist. If there is no God, moral values are either socio-biological by-products or just expressions of personal preference.
(ii) Evil exists. That's the premise of the atheist. There is real evil in the world.
(iii) Therefore, objective values do exist. Some things are really wrong.
(iv) Therefore, God exists.
Thus the presence of evil in the world actually demonstrates God's existence because in the absence of God, there wouldn't be any distinction objectively between good and evil, between right and wrong. So although evil in one sense calls into question God's existence, in a much deeper sense, I think, it actually requires God's existence.

Answer 3

Because he's either not benevolent or not omnipotent, he can't be both.

If you counter that man's "free will" caused evil to happen, so don't blame God, then can it be said God is not omnipotent AND benevolent, because he allowed man's free will to reign?

And further, the mere existence of evil in the world makes the existence of a benign god impossible: if god were omnipotent, he could eliminate evil and if he were benign, he would want to do so...another way of saying this:

If god is able to prevent evil but is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not benevolent.

If god is willing to prevent evil but is not able to prevent evil, then he is not omnipotent.

Evil is either in occordance with god's intention or contrary to it. Thus, either god cannot prevent evil or he does not want to prevent evil.

Answer 4

He watches over us but the hardships we go through in life are nothing but lessons that determine whether we're allowed a place in his Heavenly home. However, though he doesn't stop violence, malaria, or illnesses, He promises that if you believe in Him, he'll take you away from the evils of the world, if not on your own time then when Jesus comes down on the last day.

And just so you know, these are the last days. In the Bible, it states that on the final days, nations would be at war with one another, and false prophets would be abundant. This is so...just as it was prophesized many years ago.....so deal with the evils because it won't be long...

Answer 5

Yes, God "could" prevent evil, but there are several pit falls to its eradication. One, free will would be seriously violated, which God had promised and upheld us having. Second, without evil there is no guarantee that good would exist, thus, abolishing everything except lower animals probably and himself. That would most likely nullify his obvious plan he has put forth, and go against common sense. Finally, without evil people would not truly rise to their potential it is in dire situations that people band together and do their best.

Answer 6

Dude then what the hell would be free will without the choice? We have to be able to choose the path of god or not and so good from the evil

Answer 7

Yes. Evil or good are things that require free will to exist. Evil and good are defined and paths are marked out leading to them, but people have to choose which path they want to follow, with every decision made. I think that's the concept.

Answer 8

bad things such as evil, sin, wickedness etc.. they all come from us humans. the only way to prevent if we change ourselves..if we are willing to do good deeds that would be great and the world would be a better place.. anyway, good things come from God.

Answer 9

God said he would put us through challenges. and as the rapture gets closer the earth gets worse. well he prevents us from what we can be harmed by or why ever he decides. he h as a reason for everything and can do anything

Answer 10

thats the beauty of god given free will.
if you believe in god, you will live eternity in heaven, compared to eternity, an awful, evil ridden life is the blink of an eye,