What happened, given that God is good and all-mighty?

Question

There exists badness alright.

So, if God is good, then why He did not vanish all the madness? Because He cannot do it? Then He is not almighty!

I'm kidding... this is a thought I read days ago, when studying Greek pre-socrates philosophers...

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Answer 1

Because just as your father stood by and watched you make a mistake so you could learn, so too does God, the father in Heaven, allow us to exercise our free will and choose either good or evil. These autonomous choices for either good or evil by our free will is what God will judge us by as we stand before the entrance to Heaven. God gave us and allows us to exercise free will to make choices for ourselves, the Christian faith is not a fatalistic religion but allows room for free will to choose between good and evil.

Answer 2

The Lord works in mysterious ways. What we consider good and evil probably doesn't match up with Ethics as it applys to a all powerful, all knowing diety.

That being said, it could be argued, quite convincingly I think, that there is no evil in the world.

Face it, within Christian Mythology, it is this life that determines our eternal fate. If the cost of that is a mere handful or years, (usually less then a centuries worth) to enter eternity (considerably more then a century. Or a millenea. Or even a Eon.) Even the worst life is but a pin-prick in the grand scheme of things.

Honestly, do you believe your parents didn't love you, simply because they let that bad man hurt you? (When he gave you the Polio vacine?)

True love encomapasses the big picture, not the small picture of reality we are capable of holding in our heads buddy...

Answer 3

The omnipotence God in classical Christian theology is correlated with his nature, not his will. In this respect, it means that by virtue of his nature God is not predicated or dependent on a reality other than himself for his existence. This is postulated to be the primary difference between a divine and a creaturely nature. God's will is restrained by his nature-- God cannot act against his nature ( ex. create another "God" like himself, or become evil). The theological "voluntarists" disagreed with these conceptions of God and said that God could will anything, even if it contradicted his nature. In this respect, God is given power and sovereignty, but he also becomes capricious and untrustworthy. When you think of God's omnipotence as meaning God can do whatever he wants, you are thinking as a voluntarist. But that voluntarist conception of God is not the only understanding of what it means for God to be omnipotent-- in fact it really distorts the meaning of God's omnipotence.

Answer 4

yeah its a very good argument for the atheist either god doesn't exist or evil doesn't (if you follow logic).

you can see badness all around, there will always be badness people will always get hurt its part of life and your illusive if u believe the world can be perfect.

the real argument here is what is god,
everyone has there own beliefs of god and u cant force someone to believe otherwise (you can convince them though).
if your referring to the god that religions have tried to define then i am atheist all the way,
but if you want to look at god as nature itself, the laws of the universe, pure energy or even the superposition of everything in the universe then do as you will.

anyways you keep up your studying philosophy can be fun
Good Luck!

P.S:
i am getting best answer :)

Answer 5

There was once a man who ran a success business, he was at the topof his game, he knew just the way to connect with his co-workers and employees, everybody loved him, he was the idol of many. His life was beautiful just the way he liked it to be but one thing had always saddened him and made him angry. When he were kid he had a small brother whom he loved dearly but one day his small brother died in an accident. He was davestated, he couldn't stop thinking why god didn't saved his little brother, he asked doesn't god care? he was furious and cursed at god. Even after so many years he couldn't stop thinking about it.....many years later he died.. and in heaven .. he asked god.. why? oh why didn't you saved my little brother? why did you have to take him insteade of me?.... God smiled and replied.. "I did that to soften your heart and soul because if I didn't had done that you would have became a very hard hearted person.. you would have done a lot of bad things.. I didn't wanted see that from you.."

Hope you got the big picture here.

Answer 6

You are thinking of the problem proposed by Epicurus

Is God willing but not able? Then he is impotent.
Is God able but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is God both willing and able? Then whence cometh evil?
Is God neither willing nor able? Then why call him God?

It's an ancient problem that to this day is a major focus of theology.

Answer 7

Let's say you believe in God. Let's also say you want to win the lottery...lol

So, you play and play, and since you don't win, you might perceive God as evil, because He knows you're so poor, but you're also so devoted to Him. Why doesn't He just give it up. But if you win, then God is great....lol

See, it's a matter of perception. The real tough part is to perceive God as good no matter what.

Enjoy!

Answer 8

God gave us free will. That is why there is badness. And if people don';t believe they will have t pay for the things that they do in life what do they have to keep them from doing wrong.

Answer 9

God can do everything! im not completely sure but i think it was because he had to give us a chance somthing to tempt us or it would be a one way ticket to heaven without even trying and satan causes most of the bad stuff anyways

Answer 10

Thank God you aired that question, proof enough for His greatness!