why does God allow evil.?

Question

why does it say that this world is controled by the Prince of the power of the air in the Christians bible and then people blame God for everything

Answer 1

Because man chose evil in the garden.

Answer 2

without evil, perhaps people may not get a true appreciation of what it means to be and do good. good and evil are complementary, they co-exist, just as black and white do, sunlight and darkness, and so on.
Anyhow, if I understand correctly, what we do will eventually come back to us. That is, if someone does evil, perhaps they will pay the price at a later point in or after their life. Maybe those that seem to be unfairly punished have been punished as repentance for a past misdeed (perhaps from a previous life).
But I don't think blaming God is okay. We do have control of our actions, we can choose whether we want to do evil in this world, we can't say God made us do that.

Answer 3

The world is lying in the power of the wicked one, Satan. He is the one controlling this system at the moment.
People blame God, for the lack of understanding. God causes life, Satan causes death. Death came about because Satan lied to Eve. He told her she would not die. God said they would. Satan is the father of the lie.
God told Adam what would happen if they ate from the tree of good and bad. They chose to believe Satan and therefore death came into play. We all die because Adam and Eve didn't have children till after they sined.

God's plan is to get rid of Satan and that is at His own timeframe, not ours. The Good News of God's Kingdom has to be preached in all the inhabited earth as a witness and then the end will come. It hasen't been preached world wide yet so His time isn't here till then.

Answer 4

Look up free will- for the human answer to that equation. Even natural disasters- the victim's ancestors chose to live there , that's why they were there when the disaster hit. That is why every decision should be considered before you jump into something, everything you do has consequences, big or little. God allows us to do as we will, beacuse he wants us to have the choice ,to grow,to make mistakes, to learn, maybe even to leave this place a little better than we found it, instead of being COMPELLED to implement his plan(whatever that may be).

Answer 5

There are some actual good reasons. One is, that if God did away with evil, we would have no real choices. We would also not be tested in our faith.

There are better explanations in an interview in the book, "Case for Faith", by Lee Strobel. I highly recommend it. Available at a local Christian bookstore - maybe even on EBay.

Answer 6

What about the good he allows to happen?There is a reason for everything.My brother died,that's when I thought hard about it I finaly realized he did this for a reason.I didn't blame God because I seen right then what the reason was.Evil comes from Satan he uses evil to do good.We are just too stupid to notice sometimes.

Answer 7

There has to be the potentiality of evil in order for there to be free will. There has to be the option, or there would be no choice. Evil itself is not necessary, but given the option, imperfect beings will sometimes choose it.

This is not a perfect universe. This is a Perfecting universe.
Ergo . . . It's not the mistakes you make that make you who you are as much as what you learn from them and how you apply that experience gainfully to your life.

Answer 8

It never said in the Bible that this life would be easy. It says there will be trials and tribulations. The point is that if you can keep your faith and stay strong then you will have your rewards in the after life. In my OPINION, it's kind of like only the strong survive. If you were making a "team" wouldn't you want the strongest and most faithful to that "team"?

Answer 9

Well, it is not a question of God allowing evil, it is a matter of balance and choices...life lessons.
There can not be dark without light, good without bad, etc...you get the picture.

Bless Them All!
Blessed Be!

Answer 10

hmm... well God gave us free-will. follow Him and live in Heaven, or revolt and be sinners and dont believe in him and go to Hell. sounds pretty fair to me. the people who blame God for everything are just sad because they've lost a loved one or are confused about who God really is. He's your Creator. plain and simple. follow Him and you'll have a happy life.

Answer 11

because are people are stupid and always looking to deflect responsibility....God has allowed evil to exist for X amount of time because of choice.....How can you know if someone truly loves you if they don't have the choice to? When evil's time is up, one's that Love Him will live in paradise forever and the ones that don't will burn forever!