Why does God allow Evil?

Evil exists in the work because God gave us the gift of free will. He allows us to choose the life we want and many times the result of those choices is sin. How real is sin? To understand the reality of sin, check this out...

http://www.kristenndavis.com/uploads/5/4/8/2/5482729/paper.pdf

Tags: Evil, Free, Human, Nature, Sin, Will

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Comment by Colby Chase on May 29, 2011 at 9:25am: I encourage everyone to read Kristen's well written paper discussing this very important question. It is insightful and informative.

http://www.kristenndavis.com/uploads/5/4/8/2/5482729/paper.pdf

The "problem of evil" is one that has vexed successive generations of humanity, including especially the brightest theologians, since the fall of our first parents, Adam and Eve.

Why does God allow evil to exist?

If God is all-powerful, surely he could eradicate evil with a proverbial snap of the fingers.

If God is perfectly good, just and righteous, how could he have allowed an imperfection such as evil to creep into His creation?

If God is the creator of everything, did he create evil?

Is there some grand purpose that evil indispensably serves in fulfilling God's grand scheme that eludes our limited understanding?