How can the amount of evil and purposelessness in the world be compatible with the existence of God?

Question

& How can the amount of Goodness and purposefullness in the world be compatible with the nonexistence of God?

Answer 1

The battle between purpose and non purpose, the battle between good and evil, and the battle between selfishness and selflessness are the battles in us all. The amount of evil, purposelessness, and selfishness vary from time to time. Without one you wouldn't know the other existed.

I believe God sets the stage, gives the rules, and lets you decide. He won't decide for you. Unfortunately other people in this world don't make the same choices you make and as a consequence death, hurt, hunger, and basically pain occurs. They have the same choice to decide as you do.

I don't begin to expect the purpose in all of it, but I will hold to the path that is in my heart. The closer I get to that path the more the world sings around me.

Answer 2

If you ask me,and it seems you have, and if you can see that what you are calling evil is simply the absence of good, or even less than that but sometimes only a subjective interpretation of what exists, then the question begs to be rephrased. I can tell because if I didn`t force myself to shorten my sentences. I would just go on and on all night.

Imo, God is All That Exists. The planet is going through a cleansing. The same rain which is flooding my friends to the North is giving the plants in my area life which has not been seen in maybe thousands of years. I enjoy the clouds when the temperature would be scorching us if it were not for them. I appreciate that we have been getting so much rain when the air conditioning bills would otherwise cripple us financially. Is the rain evil or good? And it has only just begun. Do I have to focus on the uncoming draft bill? No way! Do I have to focus on politics and the late night news? No way! IMO, there is so much to enjoy, to love, to appreciate, that I pefer to choose those thoughts. Am I an ostrich with my head in the sand? I could care less what people think. I am happy.

So the main point is that on one side the better it gets, the better it gets. On the other side the worse it gets, the worse it gets. The good has Never been this good before and the same applies to the bad (as one could call it). There will always be a balance and the Universe keeps expanding.

Answer 3

The first is only tenable with an athletic mental contortion of which I'm not capable, though some seem to be. The second draws a conclusion, and causality, unsupported by observation or logic. It is, after all, possible that as human beings we can and do exercise choice (from whatever foundations), and we are responsible for the outcomes. There are no scapegoats, supernatural or otherwise. So we must do the best we can, guided by observation, intelligence, and reflection. The problem is that there's not a lot of it about.

Answer 4

The amount of evil and good is not there without a purpose. It is there as a lesson and proof of God. It is us who decide how to look at it and interpret it. The evil has a purpose and the good has a purpose and we can use both to our advantage. God willed for both to be there to test us.

That's why we have a choice to choose between the good and the evil.

That's why there is heaven for those who are good and hell for those who are evil.

The one thing the amount of evil might be compatible with is our sins.

More sin = more punishment

Answer 5

Clarity and non-clarity. But you make it a "God" thing. Clearly, the existentialist were barking up the wrong thing. Since if man is essentially nothing against the implacability of the universe. Then the taking of a life is nothing, and that's bull. Least we end up a bunch of Dirty Harry's running around smoking folks up willy-nilly. Colloquialisms aside, the point--and it's a great one, Rena, is if we argue that if you spit in the street you're dead. Hence we spit in the street and we don't die, the gravity and empowerment of "evil" does take on a whole new gravity. Since the act of spitting in the street and not dying is demonstrable purpose. But to make it a "God" thing is a reach.

Answer 6

First part -

It's not. It's only a conflict with the existence of a all-loving, all-forgiving, and protecting God.

Second Part -

I'm pretty sure anyone can perform a good or evil act without God's help. So whether or not God represents goodness, he does nothave the franchise on it. Humans are capable of it on their own.

Answer 7

i do not believe in coincidence or reasons, it is faith and no matter how many control you think you have about your purpose of life with (non)existence of God with scientific explanations or not, everything that happens is mend to be whether it is a good or bad experience. Because of this we can choose to move on and become a better person or we keep on blaming others and the past.

Answer 8

It's called SIN. And the fact that there is evil in the world, not in a passive sense, but actively trying to erode our joy, our lives, and our purpose points to the very fact that the opposite must also exist...a benevolent force, Creator God.

Answer 9

I think the question is purely academic.The universe consists of positive and negative energy on all levels,therfore,why wouldn't these same qualities exsist on the spirtiual plain?

Answer 10

this is one of the more childlike questions in this topic either if you Belive in Big G or you dont
in any other matter first define God (for in understanding what heat is we know that there´s no such thing as cold but rather a lack of heat)