Board Thread:Community Engagement/@comment-29487450-20161006215517/@comment-1777104-20161010164713

HorridInsidious wrote:


 * All over the World bad things happen, and God does nothing. Don't say "this is the work of Devil". If God is almighty, he can fix it all and delete Devil.

This is what is probably the most common "talking point" against God out there. It is surprizing that someone would come on a Bible-based site to proclaim it, though.

What you present is not the God of the Bible, but weak arguments of weak people. Evil is mostly a human problem, and it is so presented throughout the Bible. No demons were blamed as the tower was being built at Babel. It was man's own stubborness that stood against God's simple instructions to spread out. They could have done just about anything had it not been for the purpose God had in mind.

The reason "bad things happen" is not so complicated. Bad things happen because people want to live without God's rules restraining them. God did not create a race of automatons. As a result of choices, people end up wanting what is not theirs (10th Commandment) and going out to get it. This leads to crime (commandments 6 and 8, especially) and coverups (that would be #9). Greed, murder, theft, and all the rest, is man's fault. God is merciful and patient as He saves millions from the consequences of the crimes of others in so many ways.

He "fixed it all" with the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The "fix" though, takes time. In that time, many good things happen in spite of it all. Jesus will "delete [the] Devil" at the very end of this present age. Then and only then will the "fix" be complete.