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Originally Posted by NickYoung
But how can things get worse? It's God. The all powerful? Do you mean that God doesn't have the power to stop evil?
I mean, is that what God is really all about... getting as close to as many humans as possible? That seems like a complete waste of time. He can just make it happen. I mean, if God can't do enough good to make us love Him or stop people from being 'driven away', what kind of All Powerful almighty is that? A very human sounding one. And if there was a God, he would not suffer any human frailty caused by our evolution.
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We are created in His image...
The problem is that He loves us, so He gave us free will, but with that, He also lost control over our feelings for Him. (He knew that going in though. If we have free will, He can't force us to love Him) Everything He does, or has done since, is to get us back. If there was a world without evil, would we believe in Him? Would we love Him? Only He knows the answer to that, but I would suggest the answer is no. Otherwise, why wouldn't He remove evil?
And as per the Bible, as per the reason He created humans in His image within the book, was to have companionship. If He loses that companionship, He's defeated His own purpose, no? So if that was the first and only goal behind 'creating' humans, why would He then turn around and ignore His goal?