on the question of why did God allow evil

[mei lan]

A question I have often heard is why did God allow evil? The other day, I heard Ravi Zacharias (possibly the greatest Christian thinker of our age, IMHO) talking, and he said essentially this:

God is love. Love always requires freedom. If a person is forced to love, then that is not love. God does not force people to come to Him. So, if a person has freedom to choose good (love/God), then the opposite choice must also exist (hatred/satan). Therefore, God had to allow evil to exist in order to truly love and give us the freedom of choice to love Him back.

Awesome.

 

[J-man]

That's really deep man (in my best Cheek and Chong voice).

 

[deewee]

Has no one ever expressed those thoughts before? I like Ravi, but my dad gave me the same answer when I was 9 yrs old.

 

[mei lan]

Has no one ever expressed those thoughts before? I like Ravi, but my dad gave me the same answer when I was 9 yrs old.

I never heard it. Thanks for telling me. :rant

 

[Guard Dad]

Humans need struggle and even pain for us to grow and become stronger.

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[Madea]

A question I have often heard is why did God allow evil?

How could he not? He gave us free will.

 

[stradial]

A question I have often heard is why did God allow evil?

How could he not? He gave us free will.

Am I the only one that both loves and hates that free will deal?

 

[Madea]

A question I have often heard is why did God allow evil?

How could he not? He gave us free will.

Am I the only one that both loves and hates that free will deal?

I seriously doubt it.

 

[deewee]

A question I have often heard is why did God allow evil?

How could he not? He gave us free will.

Am I the only one that both loves and hates that free will deal?

:hiya

That is exactly what led to the conversation, when I was curious 9 yrs old, where my dad explained free will, the existence of evil, and the plan of salvation.