How could an all good and all powerful God allow so much evil and suffering? This is generally considered to be the number one issue causing people to doubt or disbelieve the existence of God.
The Bible teaches that God is all good and all powerful. But skeptics see the existence of evil and suffering in this world as a stumbling block to believing that an all good and all powerful God exists. As they consider the options, here’s how they see it:
Option #1: God wants to abolish evil but can't.
Option #2: God can abolish evil but doesn't want to
They conclude that if God wants to but can't, then he is impotent (not all powerful). And if God can abolish evil but doesn't want to, then he is evil (not all good). They are puzzled by this question: If God both can and wants to abolish evil, then how come evil is still in the world? To many people, it seems unbelievable that if an all-good and all-powerful God exists, He would permit so much pain and suffering in the world.
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