Unlike other animals, our special ability to distinguish between good and evil rest on our ability to think consciously with our brain. But if no one carefully design our brain for the purpose of thinking and our thinking is just a by-product of some activities carried out by unconscious and irrational atoms that make up our brain, then how can we be sure that our mode of thinking (and therefore our ability to distinguish between good and evil) is RIGHT or WRONG ?


Therefore, if evil actually exist in this world (as we perceived it), then we can never use it as a basis to disprove the existence of God because our peculiar ability to CONSCIOUSLY, CORRECTLY and OBJECTIVELY distinguish between good and evil at FIRST INSTANCE necessitate the existence of God.

Hence conjunction of "actual evil" and "atheism" is impossible.
In other words, you cannot believe that evil actually exist and at the same time disbelieve in the existence of God.


Therefore, the conclusion is to ask an inquisitive question like "what are the reasons why God allow evil to exist ?" and the conclusion is NEVER to ask a challenging and atheistic question like "if God really exist, then why does evil and suffering exist ?"

The reason(s) why God allows evil to exist may not be fully known to us as human being but we can still use our limited knowledge and wisdom to fathom some of these reasons ;

1. In many events, there is always a rule and exception to the rule. The element of good is more in the creation than the element of evil. We all see that there are more people who are healthy than those who are sick. There are more that eat well then those who starve to death. There are more people who live decent life then those who commit crimes. Therefore, in this present world, goodness is the rule while evil is the exception to the rule.


2. Many things in the world are naturally created in pair ; male and female, light and darkness, day and night, hot and cold, life and death, truth and falsehood, original and fake etc and the existence of one presupposes the existence of the other. So similar case applies to good and evil. Of course, if there is no evil, we would not fully comprehend what is known as good just like if there is no falsehood, we would not fully comprehend what is known as the truth. So good and evil exist as necessary pair of creation just like truth and falsehood (or light and darkness) exist as necessary pair of creation ;

And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful (Qur'an 51:49)


3. This world is deliberately created to be a temporary life of trial and imperfection and therefore expected to be a mixture of good and evil ;

"Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned (Qur'an 21:35)".

This is in contrast to permanent and perfect life in the hereafter where all goodness and enjoyments would be kept absolutely in the Paradise and all evil and suffering would be restricted completely to the Hell fire ;

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only an enjoyment of deception (Qur'an 3:185).

In summary, it is the ultimate will of God Almighty for good and evil to mix together in this temporary life of trial as opposed to the next life of eternity where good and evil would be completely and permanently dissociated from each other.
Therefore, a century of struggling and suffering in this temporary life would be insignificant compared to an eternity in Paradise—a place free of all forms of evil and suffering . In the authentic prophetic report, this very issue is addressed ;

…Then the most miserable people in the world from the people of Paradise will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped into Paradise, then it will be said: O son of Adam, did you see any hardship? Did you experience any distress? He will say: No, by Allah, my Lord! I did not once see any hardship, I did not once experience any distress.


4. Natural evils (like inferno, earthquake and tsunami) sometimes exist as a kind of reminder of the greater evils awaiting the sinners in the hereafter ;

"And verily, We will make them taste the near torment (i.e. the torment in the life of this world, i.e. disasters, calamities, etc.) prior to the supreme torment (in the Hereafter), in order that they may repent and return (Qur'an 32:21).

That is to say, if God Almighty can even make the innocent souls to suffer in this temporary life, then how can He allow the sinners to scot-free in the permanent life to come ?


5. Moral evils (like adultery, theft, raping and murder) exist to allow human beings to exercise their God-given "FREE-WILL" which made it possible for them to either obey or disobey God as opposed to Angels who are naturally created to always obey God (Qur'an 66:6).



6. Natural evils are sometimes direct consequence of moral evils committed by human beings just like God Almighty declared in the Qur'an as follows;

"Evil has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned, that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return by repentance ( Qur'an 30:41)"


7. What humans perceive as evil may be actually good in light of God’s Wisdom ;

"it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is evil for you. God knows but you do not know (Qur'an 2:216).

For example, consider the story narrated in the Qur'an where Khidr's act of scuttling the ship of a poor people with a axe later turns to be a good act because there was a king ahead who always seized every good ship from its owner by force (Qur'an 18:69-82)

Abdulgaffar22:
Unlike other animals, our special ability to distinguish between good and evil rest on our ability to think consciously with our brain. But if no one carefully design our brain for the purpose of thinking and our thinking is just a by-product of some activities carried out by unconscious and irrational atoms that make up our brain, then how can we be sure that our mode of thinking (and therefore our ability to distinguish between good and evil) is RIGHT or WRONG ?


Therefore, if evil actually exist in this world (as we perceived it), then we can never use it as a basis to disprove the existence of God because our peculiar ability to CONSCIOUSLY, CORRECTLY and OBJECTIVELY distinguish between good and evil at FIRST INSTANCE necessitate the existence of God.

Hence conjunction of "actual evil" and "atheism" is impossible.
In other words, you cannot believe that evil actually exist and at the same time disbelieve in the existence of God.


Therefore, the conclusion is to ask an inquisitive question like "what are the reasons why God allow evil to exist ?" and the conclusion is NEVER to ask a challenging and atheistic question like "if God really exist, then why does evil and suffering exist ?"

The reason(s) why God allows evil to exist may not be fully known to us as human being but we can still use our limited knowledge and wisdom to fathom some of these reasons ;

1. In many events, there is always a rule and exception to the rule. The element of good is more in the creation than the element of evil. We all see that there are more people who are healthy than those who are sick. There are more that eat well then those who starve to death. There are more people who live decent life then those who commit crimes. Therefore, in this present world, goodness is the rule while evil is the exception to the rule.


2. Many things in the world are naturally created in pair ; male and female, light and darkness, day and night, hot and cold, life and death, truth and falsehood, original and fake etc and the existence of one presupposes the existence of the other. So similar case applies to good and evil. Of course, if there is no evil, we would not fully comprehend what is known as good just like if there is no falsehood, we would not fully comprehend what is known as the truth. So good and evil exist as necessary pair of creation just like truth and falsehood (or light and darkness) exist as necessary pair of creation ;

And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful (Qur'an 51:49)


3. This world is deliberately created to be a temporary life of trial and imperfection and therefore expected to be a mixture of good and evil ;

"Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned (Qur'an 21:35)".

This is in contrast to permanent and perfect life in the hereafter where all goodness and enjoyments would be kept absolutely in the Paradise and all evil and suffering would be restricted completely to the Hell fire ;

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only an enjoyment of deception (Qur'an 3:185).

In summary, it is the ultimate will of God Almighty for good and evil to mix together in this temporary life of trial as opposed to the next life of eternity where good and evil would be completely and permanently dissociated from each other.
Therefore, a century of struggling and suffering in this temporary life would be insignificant compared to an eternity in Paradise—a place free of all forms of evil and suffering . In the authentic prophetic report, this very issue is addressed ;

…Then the most miserable people in the world from the people of Paradise will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped into Paradise, then it will be said: O son of Adam, did you see any hardship? Did you experience any distress? He will say: No, by Allah, my Lord! I did not once see any hardship, I did not once experience any distress.


4. Natural evils (like inferno, earthquake and tsunami) sometimes exist as a kind of reminder of the greater evils awaiting the sinners in the hereafter ;

"And verily, We will make them taste the near torment (i.e. the torment in the life of this world, i.e. disasters, calamities, etc.) prior to the supreme torment (in the Hereafter), in order that they may repent and return (Qur'an 32:21).

That is to say, if God Almighty can even make the innocent souls to suffer in this temporary life, then how can He allow the sinners to scot-free in the permanent life to come ?


5. Moral evils (like adultery, theft, raping and murder) exist to allow human beings to exercise their God-given "FREE-WILL" which made it possible for them to either obey or disobey God as opposed to Angels who are naturally created to always obey God (Qur'an 66:6).



6. Natural evils are sometimes direct consequence of moral evils committed by human beings just like God Almighty declared in the Qur'an as follows;

"Evil has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned, that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return by repentance ( Qur'an 30:41)"


7. What humans perceive as evil may be actually good in light of God’s Wisdom ;

"it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is evil for you. God knows but you do not know (Qur'an 2:216).

For example, consider the story narrated in the Qur'an where Khidr's act of scuttling the ship of a poor people with a axe later turns to be a good act because there was a king ahead who always seized every good ship from its owner by force (Qur'an 18:69-82)

Everything is in other apart from number 4..
Which renders all you point useless...

Aside that, it is basically on point..

In summary, evil exist as a learning tool...

So good and evil are a pair? In Christianity evil means sin and sin means Satanic In Nature. The Christian God is pure and doesn't have it in Him to create sin.

I'm wondering why you failed to point out that it is allah that wants muslims to sin.

Abdulgaffar22:
Unlike other animals, our special ability to distinguish between good and evil rest on our ability to think consciously with our brain. But if no one carefully design our brain for the purpose of thinking and our thinking is just a by-product of some activities carried out by unconscious and irrational atoms that make up our brain, then how can we be sure that our mode of thinking (and therefore our ability to distinguish between good and evil) is RIGHT or WRONG ?


Therefore, if evil actually exist in this world (as we perceived it), then we can never use it as a basis to disprove the existence of God because our peculiar ability to CONSCIOUSLY, CORRECTLY and OBJECTIVELY distinguish between good and evil at FIRST INSTANCE necessitate the existence of God.

Hence conjunction of "actual evil" and "atheism" is impossible.
In other words, you cannot believe that evil actually exist and at the same time disbelieve in the existence of God.


Therefore, the conclusion is to ask an inquisitive question like "what are the reasons why God allow evil to exist ?" and the conclusion is NEVER to ask a challenging and atheistic question like "if God really exist, then why does evil and suffering exist ?"

The reason(s) why God allows evil to exist may not be fully known to us as human being but we can still use our limited knowledge and wisdom to fathom some of these reasons ;

1. In many events, there is always a rule and exception to the rule. The element of good is more in the creation than the element of evil. We all see that there are more people who are healthy than those who are sick. There are more that eat well then those who starve to death. There are more people who live decent life then those who commit crimes. Therefore, in this present world, goodness is the rule while evil is the exception to the rule.


2. Many things in the world are naturally created in pair ; male and female, light and darkness, day and night, hot and cold, life and death, truth and falsehood, original and fake etc and the existence of one presupposes the existence of the other. So similar case applies to good and evil. Of course, if there is no evil, we would not fully comprehend what is known as good just like if there is no falsehood, we would not fully comprehend what is known as the truth. So good and evil exist as necessary pair of creation just like truth and falsehood (or light and darkness) exist as necessary pair of creation ;

And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful (Qur'an 51:49)


3. This world is deliberately created to be a temporary life of trial and imperfection and therefore expected to be a mixture of good and evil ;

"Everyone is going to taste death, and We shall make a trial of you with evil and with good, and to Us you will be returned (Qur'an 21:35)".

This is in contrast to permanent and perfect life in the hereafter where all goodness and enjoyments would be kept absolutely in the Paradise and all evil and suffering would be restricted completely to the Hell fire ;

Everyone shall taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only an enjoyment of deception (Qur'an 3:185).

In summary, it is the ultimate will of God Almighty for good and evil to mix together in this temporary life of trial as opposed to the next life of eternity where good and evil would be completely and permanently dissociated from each other.
Therefore, a century of struggling and suffering in this temporary life would be insignificant compared to an eternity in Paradise—a place free of all forms of evil and suffering . In the authentic prophetic report, this very issue is addressed ;

…Then the most miserable people in the world from the people of Paradise will come on the Day of Resurrection to be dipped into Paradise, then it will be said: O son of Adam, did you see any hardship? Did you experience any distress? He will say: No, by Allah, my Lord! I did not once see any hardship, I did not once experience any distress.


4. Natural evils (like inferno, earthquake and tsunami) sometimes exist as a kind of reminder of the greater evils awaiting the sinners in the hereafter ;

"And verily, We will make them taste the near torment (i.e. the torment in the life of this world, i.e. disasters, calamities, etc.) prior to the supreme torment (in the Hereafter), in order that they may repent and return (Qur'an 32:21).

That is to say, if God Almighty can even make the innocent souls to suffer in this temporary life, then how can He allow the sinners to scot-free in the permanent life to come ?


5. Moral evils (like adultery, theft, raping and murder) exist to allow human beings to exercise their God-given "FREE-WILL" which made it possible for them to either obey or disobey God as opposed to Angels who are naturally created to always obey God (Qur'an 66:6).



6. Natural evils are sometimes direct consequence of moral evils committed by human beings just like God Almighty declared in the Qur'an as follows;

"Evil has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned, that Allah may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return by repentance ( Qur'an 30:41)"


7. What humans perceive as evil may be actually good in light of God’s Wisdom ;

"it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is evil for you. God knows but you do not know (Qur'an 2:216).

For example, consider the story narrated in the Qur'an where Khidr's act of scuttling the ship of a poor people with a axe later turns to be a good act because there was a king ahead who always seized every good ship from its owner by force (Qur'an 18:69-82)

BornKiller:
So good and evil are a pair? In Christianity evil means sin and sin means Satanic In Nature. The Christian God is pure and doesn't have it in Him to create sin.
I'm wondering why you failed to point out that it is allah that wants muslims to sin.

Um... God created both good and evil — He is the creator of all things, evil being one of them. And so, even Satan was created by God for His purpose.

Both Good and bad are all in one.. That's how the universe achieve balance. Sort of like a Ying and a yang interwoven in one...