Presence Of "Evil?"

[chezlaw]

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The Bible says that Man is a fallen creature. Born in sin, and living in rebellion against God. (Sin can be seen as rebellion in some contexts).
If you accept the Bible's statement, then you might ask how much suffering does God PREVENT?
If we truly are all sinners (and I see nothing in the world to DISPROVE it), in a state of rebellion against God and His Laws, caring only for ourselves, unloving, unspiritual, and unwilling to acknowledge Him--then what sort of world should we expect?


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I'm struggling with this. If we are all born in sin then that's the way god decreed it should be. So all the suffering that results is down to god. Then god prevents some of this suffering providing we worship him.

This sounds like an argument against god being good, which I'm sure is not what you mean.

chez