Why do bad things happen to good people & good things happen to bad people?

Welcome to the law of karma. The law of karma is a natural law, and just like the law of gravity it works whether you believe in it or not.

The law of karma dictates that people create their own destinies according to their activities - how they treat other living entities. Or, like it says in the Bible - as you sow you shall reap.

Note, how this statement from the Bible does not make sense without reincarnation. We reap right from our very birth. We reap a certain family, destiny, gender, nationality, abilities etc. When would we have sown that if not in earlier lives?

So the law of karma can be understood properly only in connection with reincarnation. When seen in terms of many lives, the question - how do bad things happen to good people? - poses no problem.

If bad things happen to good people in this life, it’s a reaction to bad things they did in a previous life. Similarly, if bad people are seen to enjoy a happy life, they are enjoying the karmic reactions of pious activities performed in a previous life.

dey play, karma no dey anywhere, if u like do good from d day u were born thinking one day it will pay off, u go wait till eternity.

longetivity:
dey play, karma no dey anywhere, if u like do good from d day u were born thinking one day it will pay off, u go wait till eternity.

You tell am well