Comments on: Saturday, April 25th : God and the Problem of Evil https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-18797 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-18797 Mary — Great commentary. Deep, as always.

Mark — Yes, evil is a choice. And that choice is a problem. Bad choices lead to problems.

]]> By: Tom Murtha https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4620 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:40:07 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4620 Thank you Mary, I look forward to the continuation of this topic.

]]> By: Mary Ortwein https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4609 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:31:07 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4609 Comments on this meditation show that this is a bit of a hot topic. I trust exploration of it over several weeks will yield good thoughts and comments from you. Thank you for being thinking Christians! Mark, to clarify for your comment: we do choose good or evil because God gives us freedom, and we can choose to do moral evil. Evil as we will be considering it is broader than just moral evil. It is anything which is not good. So it includes something like storms–which are acts of God. In order to appreciate the limits of evil we will need to consider it in broad terms. As we do, I hope we will all come to a richer appreciation of the true limits of evil and the wondrous capacity of God.
Mary Ortwein

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4608 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:02:44 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4608 Mary, great reflection! Some of the questions in your reflections are the questions l asked every day. As Christians, we have to live by faith believing that whatever is happening in our lives and in the world is known best by God. Those unanswered questions will always be there. Rather spending time pondering on those questions, let’s devote that time in prayers and doing the work of God. Thank you for this wonderful insight. A good way to start the day.

]]> By: Mark Misencik https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4606 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:55:51 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4606 Hey Mary,

Nice reflection this morning.

I suppose I look at things differently than you.

In the title of today’s reflection you state the evil is a problem.

I think evil is a choice. A choice that we make. It stems from the gift of free will that God gave us.

So to answer your question of why does God permit evil, because we choose it.

No?

Mark

]]> By: elida https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4605 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:41:49 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4605 I have been struggling with this subject for quite some time.. the ‘existence of evil’ and why God allows it. And, I found George Meringolo’s answer quite interesting.
Again, my mind asks, if God knows everything, why didn’t He simply refrain from creating satan.. the root of all evil.
Why create the head of evil, knowing that he will unleash evil on earth?

]]> By: Sajjad Manzoor https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4604 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:18:31 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4604 Mary God has really blessed you with wisdom and insights. Keep serving The Lord. God bless you.

]]> By: George Meringolo https://www.acatholic.org/tuesday-7262016-god-problem-evil/#comment-4603 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:12:24 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=57205#comment-4603 A priest once asked me a question. Why doesn’t God just destroy Satan?
He then posed this answer, because God created him and God loves all his creation. I still ponder that answer but it has merit, though beyond my ability to comprehend it entirely.

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