Yes, I Believe God Allows Evil To Exist

It goes back to the Garden and makes logical sense

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This is a hard topic to think about, but today I got a comment on one of my stories, and I felt compelled to respond.

Here is the story in question:

Is There A Reason For My Suffering?

In the story I discuss how sometimes bad things happen to us, and we wonder why God allows it, but it turns out to be part of His greater plan.

Someone commented that God does not cause bad things to happen, which I agree with, but then she said He does not allow bad things to happen, which I disagree with.

To state that God does not allow bad things to happen to us is to deny the sovereignty of God. Either He is omnipotent or He is NOT God. Either He knows that bad things will happen and allows them to do so OR he is not aware they will happen. And if He is not aware — then how can He be an omniscient God?

In the story above, I shared an incident that graphically illustrated for my benefit how God uses something “bad” to bring about a greater good.