Thriller wrote:such a joke.. you never come close to coherent
What you don't get is that the creator shares some responsibility for his creation. Especiallly if your an all knowing, all powerful creator.
If i were to walk by and witness a women being raped and tortured in an alley, how would you look on me if i had the power do something but chose to walk away.
Malvolent is a kind discriptor given the circumstances.
If that example doesn't follow with you. Think about the quote from Openheimmer after the first atomic bomb test " No i am become death destroyer of worlds."
He understood the responsbility of creation.
You pose the thought, that if God is Good, why is there evil?
Or, Why does God allow evil things to happen?
God is capable of preventing evil, and God desires to rid the universe of evil. Perhaps a good way to look at this issue would be to consider some alternative situations for how people might have God run the world:
1) God could change everyone’s personality so that they cannot sin.
This, in turn will we would not be able to choose right or wrong because we would be “programmed” to only do right. Thus, all freewill is lost.
This henceforth causes the relationship between him and his creation (us) meaningless.
2) God could be compensating for people’s evil actions through supernatural intervention 100% of the time.
For example, if a drunk driver causes an automobile accident, God would have to keep him and the people in the other automobile from getting harmed, for there would be many people who could possibly be caused to suffer from the accident or the death / injury of those involved in the accident.
3) Another choice would be for God to judge and remove those who choose to commit evil acts. The problem with this possibility is that there would be no one left, for God would have to remove us all. We all sin and commit evil acts (Romans 3:23; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8). While some people are more evil than others, where would God draw the line? Ultimately, all evil causes harm to others.
In this real world of ours, our actions affect others. Because of Adam’s choice to sin, the world now lives under the curse, and we are all born with a sin nature (Romans 5:12).
When He created the Old Testament Laws, He established laws that discourage and punish evil. He judged nations and kings who disregard justice and pursue evil. Likewise in the New Testament, God states that it is the government’s responsibility to provide justice in order to protect the innocent from evil (Romans 13). He also promises severe consequences for those who commit evil acts, especially on the "innocent" (Mark 9:36-42).
We live in a real world where our good and evil actions have direct consequences and indirect consequences upon us and those around us. God’s desire is that for all of our sakes we would obey Him that it might be well with us (Deuteronomy 5:29). Instead, what happens is that we choose our own way and then we blame God for not doing anything about it. Such is the heart of sinful man
This world would be MUCH WORSE were not God restraining evil. At the same time, God has given us the ability to choose good and evil, and when we choose evil, He allows us, and those around us, to suffer the consequences of evil.