WHY IS THERE EVIL IN THE WORLD?

[TheGodFather]

i think The reason there’s evil in the world is not because of God, but because God gave us the freedom to choose. Now the potential for love outweighs the existence of evil, because you see, evil is only going to exist for a short time, but love is going to go on forever. And all of the suffering and all of the death that we see in the world today are the result because man has chosen to make wrong choices.

so what is  you clarification on that question ?

In a sense you are right as we are given free will and Adam and eve chose to eat the fruit of good and evil which basically gave us shame that they arent wearing clothes or that there are evil thoughts now in their mind aside from the fact that they broke God’s commandment.

[Rexpax]

Evil cannot be completely eradicated from this world, Good and Evil will always be in balance eternally. To make it simple, imagine yourself being good all the time, and not having evil thoughs, deeds, or temptations in your life, can you live with it. Ofcourse not, this is what defines a human being. And let's understand that.

I agree that there's always will be a balance between evil and good, cuz we wouldn't know what good is without bad things,  but our main purpose is to balance rightly between these to fundamental choices in life!

[hottornott2]

Evil is within all of us, or rather i put it this way : Absence of good is evil

[Pretty Boy]

Evil will always be on this earth because the world itself is sinful in nature. Starting on the human beings living on this world are all sinful in nature because of what happened in the bible. When adam and eve ate the fruit of Right and Wrong.

[joebrook]

Man should not blame the devil for the evil things that they do, the Bible specifically says that the imaginations of man's heart is continually evil. Everyone has the disposition to commit evil acts but it's only when we act on it that it becomes abominable.

[Bytemama]

I believe it is what sent Lucifer out of heaven that is making evil doers to be and more so Lucifer doesn't like loneliness

[Tabanta]

I mean, evil is an attribute which is only applied to humans, not to animals.

Probably evolution invented the evil in humans because evolution recognized that humans will overpopulate and destroy this planet.

[23john23]

Life is the epitome of irony. What's good to you is evil to the others. We have our subjective way of living. If there's life, there's death. If there's light, there's dark. If there's happiness, there's sadness. And so on and on, we have the freedom to choose which side to nurture. Good and Evil co-exist to bring balance into this world. If everybody is good, life would be much easier. If everybody is evil, what is the basis of being evil then? Yin and Yang is the symbolism of it. As well as Heaven and Earth, the sky and the sea. See? you can't eradicate the word, 'evil' but you can lessen it one by one. anyway, what's the basis of morality?

[bonney2555]

From the philosophical point of view, Life is an immoral thing, it means that Life does not function according to the rules of morality, namely in the categories of good and evil. Good and evil are concepts by which a person is used to interpret reality, because such reality is much easier than accepting the fact that there is no right scheme how to live,there is no right model of behavior once and for all. In fact, evil can turns out to be good and good can turns out to be evil.

[Ereun]

Evil can be practiced by habit, often doing evil can trigger the nature of wanting to hunt
God is merciful he gives us choices, be good or evil
Every good and bad will be accounted for

[Warl0ck]

Your definition of whats evil can be different from another person's
Our ideologies are different, we have different agendas and what we believe to be right or wrong.
The best way to rid "evil" in this world is keeping positive vibes and spreading kindness.

[JesusCryptos]

Evil is just a point of view, we define as evil what we don't like. For example we don't like to die, so whatever might kill us is evil for us. But nevertheless, in the end we will all die. This doesn't mean that the universe (or God, if you believe in God) is evil. This is simply how things are. Not good nor evil. They just are.

[barlo357]

Because we can not differentiate what is wrong and what is right and what is good or what is bad if there is no evil. And to test by the God if we are loyal to him or not so that on the day of judgement he will know who is with him.

[Applechild]

because the human heart is desperately wicked. who can know it? if only our hearts is free from evil, the world will be free from evil

[chaoscoinz]

i think The reason there’s evil in the world is not because of God, but because God gave us the freedom to choose. Now the potential for love outweighs the existence of evil, because you see, evil is only going to exist for a short time, but love is going to go on forever. And all of the suffering and all of the death that we see in the world today are the result because man has chosen to make wrong choices.

so what is  you clarification on that question ?

I challenge this statement, and propose a healthy debate, in order to keep the thread abundant, lively, and to make the stakes somewhat interesting. Nothing derogatory, so lets keep it kosher!

My opinion...
What is freewill? Could freewill exist if there was no evil? Evil is a choice, and it is the opposite of good.
Evil is necessary,  just as good is. Love is no different from hate, but two extremes, one directly opposite of the other. Love will never conquer over hate. Good will never triumph over evil. One simply could not exist without the other. If love were to conquer evil, there would be a serious imbalance within the natural order of reality.

My question for you, OP...
   Define God! Do you mean a bearded man in the sky, who grants magical wishes to the blindly faithful?
Do you mean an omnipresent,  omnipotence that is beyond our space and time? Or perhaps you're refering to a creator deity, who supposedly fashioned our life out of it's (male/female/etc) own image?

To retort
     I don't mean to pick away at your statement, but your comment is made using broad generalizations,  that are hard to pinpoint, in order to accurately give a correct reply, for arguments sake.

[Lupus Solitarius]

I think this is the oldest of questions, but... "evil" is just an opinion.

things are as they are.

[cizatext]

The reason why there is evil in the world is because God in his infinite mercy and love has given us the free will to make decision weather evil or good.

[charmaine08]

Peoples always do bad thing in the other and I think that's the evil way to make us far to God . we always want the best for our self we don't think to others feeling . We always do what is right without thinking if it is a bad or not .

[GOODNESS]

Evil is in these world because it serves as a proof of loyalty to God who have given man the opportunity to make a choice between God and Satan, which is the single proof of whom you listen to and to whom you obey. Devil who is the father of all evil, has plans on daily bases to unleash his even plan on every child of God.Also God would not allow evil weather small or big to overcome his children and Believers..The evil spirit from the devil causes  many to practice evil. These evil ranges from individual to individual and exhibited in such a cruel and without the fear of God

[earnmoneyonl]

We are living in a complex world so evil and ghost all exist in the world. Many people do not believe in this but you have to. No one could explain that thing in the world.