Does God create all of the evil in the world, and all the disasters?

Question

Isaiah 45:7, KJV, NIV...

Actually I thought about including Job where God claims to have made the evil people for himself too, but I thought that if anybody bothered to look up even one passage that would be enough of a miracle.

MCK, be careful of the statistical argument, if an ant ever did write a dictionary by stomping its ink covered feet then the probability wave collapses to certainty from improbable.

Answer 1

Who else? You even quoted a verse to support this. Your question is actually one of the following: (a) WHY does God create all the evil and disasters in the world, or (b) Does God EXIST such that He would create all the evil and disasters in the world. Once you accept God's existence, He has to be responsible for all the evil and disasters - otherwise He would not be God.
The first question is the harder one; see the Book of Job - at the end, his "answer" seems to be just the Majesty of God. Some explain this that God is so, for lack of a better term, brilliant/genius, that He has a grand plan for the world that will end up with the best for everyone, and mere mortals usually cannot understand how this specific "bad" effect is actually good. One example that some noticed: On September 11, 2001, a number of people (not just one) left something very important at home or missed the plane. Naturally, they were quite distressed - until they heard what happened to the plane. Other people were laid off on September 10. Their place of work - the World Trade Center.
As for the second question: Maybe, according to some, you could say that the creation of life and all the "coincidences"/Murphy's Law/miracles are just random acts of chance and we just "happen" to live on a world where the quantum particles interact in this manner, but the chances that life formed is greater than an ant walking around a piece of paper with ink on its feet and writing a dictionary. Frankly, if this were a horse race, I wouldn't bet on those odds. Plus, if you have faith, you believe in God.

Answer 2

Believe God, he is a good God. He wants to bless you. He wants to give you the best. All the diasters and evil that you may read in the papers are all the works of devil. However, sometimes God let it happens. He let it happen is not because he wants to punish you. But what comes after the diaster is something far much better than before. Sometimes is to train a person, a nation or to bring up a nation.

My pastor once said this, the devil will look signs and hints of what God is doing and tried to destroy his plan. However he will never knows what God is trying to do. God of course knows what the devil is up to and planned his involvement to achieve something better. Therefore, to know what God is doing, just look at what the devil is doing and think of the opposite. Then you will be able to understand the good intention of God.

I shared the same sentiment for all the evils and diaster on earth. However, I trust more in God and his way.

In Isiah, the evil mentioned in there is not the evil of sin. (God is not the author of that) but the evil of punishment.

Answer 3

the worldwide isn't the way that God created it and thanks to that, all are at risk of the impacts of sin interior the worldwide. Why does one individual go through and yet another does not? Why do catastrophes ensue to a pair and no others? it truly is because of the fact sin is interior the worldwide. yet there'll come an afternoon while the Lord will return and cleanse this worldwide of all sin and all suffering. as for Isaiah 40 5:7 ? interior the previous English Tounge of 1611, The previous English was once conscious Evil of their King James Translation as a fashion of descibing Calamaity, inclusive of ailment, Tornadoes, Storms, Earthquakes,, previous English human beings used the be conscious evil to describe organic failures

Answer 4

Evil existed before Adam and Eve. Gen.3:22;

The life sustaining earth was lost in the flood, we live on a raging planet and just as people born in imperfections of sin are prone to evil Gen.8:21; and to die, any thing can happen to them at any age. The raging planet can cause an untimely death to any at any time.

So there will be a resurrection from the dead 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; Some to be heavenly, for new heavens, most to be earthly, for the new earth. 2Pet.3:13; for the new heavens and the new earth. Rev.20:1-6,12,13; 21:1-5;

Answer 5

God created everthing in the world. Everything is and has already been planned by God. Even things that seem evil have been placed in our life by God at certain times in order for us to learn to be faithful and learn the gospel. Trust me nothing is happening in the world that God does'nt know about or is not allowing. Just pray and ask him those type of questions and believe me he will answer you. Just remember the devil is not in control and he is a liar.

Answer 6

Evil comes from satan..because Eve listened when the snaked spoke what satan said acctually satan spoke..

human made disasters are part of the devil work..because we are not that faithfull to overcome his ideas..

as told in the Bible ..there are disasters coming from God..as a flood. and earthquake..this being a punishment for the sinners..Can we love God less if some die in an earthquake?No..God made them speak in languages in order to leave Babel tower..So lets build small buildings..

Answer 7

Moses go to the pharoh and tell him to let my people go, (GOD says the pharoh will not do this because i have hardened his heart so that i can visit holy retribution on him and his people. I may not be able to spell but God is a Women and everyone knows women likes to stir up trouble!

Answer 8

Yes he does!

This proves that he is sovereign and in complete control of everything. It DOES NOT mean he is a cruel God!

Answer 9

Read Job, you will see where the disasters stem from.

Answer 10

try reading Job....