Just replace the word God with the word “good”, same argument
Things changed on a cosmic level on 9-11. That was a joint in history. God and Satan have conversations in the Bible as in Job, and as in the Gospels when Jesus tells Peter Satan asked to sift him like wheat. I think Satan asked God to remove America’s shield at that time, and ever since we have crumbled.
There is evil on the world because humans have self determination and control. When humans take charge, bad things happen.
He kinda dodged the question of why God allows evil. This question was taken head on by CS Lewis in “The Problem of Pain” though. I recomend it to those trying to reconcile Christian theology with the pain and suffering God allows in the world.
For God to stop that would mean that we would no longer have free will and we would, essentially, be nothing more than robots.
Amazing that some folks can't figure that out.
He has shown us a way to get rid of evil in this world but it starts with getting rid of the evil inside of ourselves...and it is our choice that makes it so.
Excellent post.
For decades, Leftists have tried to get around the objective standard of good as the essence of God. They say (but can they really believe?) that all cultures are equal, and to apply “goodness” to a linear scale is arbitrary.
This should be thrown in their faces anytime they attempt to impose their version of morality; it contradicts their belief in equality of all cultures.
Sorry, but evil is not JUST the absence of good. Evil is the deliberate choice of actions that are contrary to our human nature. The actions of the holocaust, and of m*slims in their terror attacks, are a deliberate choice to do evil.
Free will is a fact.