Another thought on evil...

Imagine a person who is the nicest person in the world. This dude isn't a pushover, rather he's the nicest person in the world because he always helps people. He's always putting people before him, and at any opportunity will help someone with a problem, relieve their pain, listen to them talk and basically anything they need.

This person would probably have a profound effect on people. Sure, they wouldn't rid the world of evil, but they would definitely make a lot of difference. He would give anything to cure the world of all the evil in it, only problem is, he doesn't have the power.

But imagine if he had the power. Oh boy. Goodbye aids. Goodbye earthquakes. Goodbye murder, rape, tsunamis, nuclear weapons, and so on. He would purge the world of all evil, and would do it without hurting one single person. How would he get rid of terrorists without killing them? Well, I'm not really sure, but this person would be all-powerful, so could certainly get rid of the evil they do without doing evil to them.

Imagine what this person could achieve. We'd have an evil-free world. Great. What was the recipe? The will to help others, and omnipotence (all-powerful).

Hang on a second. Isn't this meant to be what God is? At least the Christian God?

He's all-powerful. And, they say he has the will to save the world. Or at least wasn't that why Jesus died? But Jesus didn't have to die. Don't tell me he did. God IS all-powerful, so God wasn't bound by any law. He didn't have to obey any law. If he wanted to, he could have saved the world without his son having to die.

As it is, we're told his son has died. And all these good things promised are awaiting the holy Christians in heaven. But what about now?

God has both the will to save us, and the means, yet nothing. He could rid the world of evil with just a single thought. He wouldn't have to raise a finger. He'd simply think it and it would be done. Because remember, he's perfect. And one must be perfectly powerful (read... all-powerful) to be perfect.

So the question remains, why is evil still here? Any moderately good human would destroy evil if they had the means, but the perfect God so many follow?

And people say he's good...

He's either not good, or he has some other reason for letting the evil remain. But what other reason? Sin? But that's not fair. Since he created us, gave us free will, knew the exact outcome and consequence of our actions and his actions, then put the tree in the garden, thereby giving humans the opportunity to sin! So sin finds its origins in God. So the idea that he's punishing us is a joke.

I sense this a stupid, doomed to-the-bin question, but I'll ask it anyway. Does anyone have a better explanation of evil?