Why does God permit evil?

[Obadiah]

I love the guy that wrote this he spoken at a couple of our senior luncheons at church. Alan Shlemon, Wrote an article about this topic.

It turns out that the problem of evil isn’t a challenge to God’s existence. It’s a challenge to the God’s nature. It’s not a metaphysical question (Does God exist?), but a theological question (Why does God allow evil?). Either way, it’s a question only theists can ask. Atheists can’t even enter into the discussion based on their worldview.

If the atheist wants to complain about evil, he needs to adopt a worldview that has the metaphysical resources to distinguish good from evil. Atheism can’t do that. He must presume God’s existence before he can complain about evil. Or, as some like to say, he has to sit in God’s lap in order to slap Him in the face.

This is why the presence of evil is evidence for God’s existence, not against it. Our ability to recognize evil as something real is based on our knowledge of an objective standard of morality. Only if there’s a God can that standard exist for us to measure an action as good or evil

The Problemless Problem of Evil

Alan’s monthly letter from July 2012 I had just given a talk at his church when Charlie asked for help.

www.str.org

 

[TedT]

Evil was never necessary .

EXACTLY...

But...
the creation of everyone in HIS image with a true free will which allowed evil to be able to be chosen was an absolute necessity for HIM to be able to fulfill HIS purpose for our creation, our glorifying HIM by being HIS loving Bride in a true marriage since true love nor a true marriage can be forced but must be accepted by a free will.

 

[Rockson]

EXACTLY...

But...
the creation of everyone in HIS image with a true free will which allowed evil to be able to be chosen was an absolute necessity for HIM to be able to fulfill HIS purpose for our creation, our glorifying HIM by being HIS loving Bride in a true marriage since true love nor a true marriage can be forced but must be accepted by a free will.

As long as you're not saying it was a necessity for SIN to actually come into existence then I agree. Now is that what you are saying?

 

[TedT]

As long as you're not saying it was a necessity for SIN to actually come into existence then I agree. Now is that what you are saying?

I very pointedly wrote

a true free will which allowed evil to be able to be chosen was an absolute necessity

to mean that our ability to choose evil was a necessity implying the sin itself was not a at all necessity.