Why is there evil in the world, if God is all-powerful and good?

[Frogger]

KLAMarine said:

HylianYoshi said:
I don't know.

Going off of what I know about religion and whatnot, I guess the assumption would be that (insert deity) lets you do whatever you want (aka free will), evil or not, and then he/she judges you in the afterlife. Like sifting through everyone, seeing who's good or not or whatever. So in that way, his/her intentions could be interpreted as good,

spemanig said:
Free will.

Shiken said:

Free will

 

EDIT: LMFAO Spemanig we posted at the exact same time.  =P

Fei-Hung said:
Pleasantly surprised by the comments so far. Logically it also makes sense. If said deity were to make decisions for us and constantly intervene etc, there wouldn't be much point for a judgement day or Reincarnation.

StarOcean said:
Free will like others have said along with other factors depending on which religion you're specifically targeting.

If I could end world hunger, slavery, human suffering, and the ills of the world, I'd be more than happy to surrender my free will.

Am I alone in this?

Yes.