Why did God create EVIL???

Ever been in a place when this smart person comes up to you and asks the question, "If there is a God, then why did HE create evil and suffering??". And if you have wondered like me why HE did, then here goes.

The early theologian St.Augustine quoted this:

1. God is the author of everything in the created universe.
2. Evil is not a thing or a substance; it is a privation or lack in things (blindness is lack of sight, pain is lack of health, hate or murder is lack of love).
3. Therefore God did not create evil. (James 1: 13-17)

God created you and me. And He gave us the free will to choose. And man chose evil. So evil is not God's creation, its just God's love for us, forsaken. Man does'nt necessarily have to hate his neighbour, carry a gun or fly a jet into a building to be branded as evil. He could be sitting inside a cave, miles away from civlization and still be evil. So, to end evil, God would have to destroy the cause of evil – man. God doesnt have to physically destroy us, but HE could just remove free will, the freedom we have to choose to love and to hate. But HE chose to give us an option to choose HIM instead of not. Be glad that our God is in control and not controlling.

So if somebody asks you the question, "Why did God create evil?" tell them the answer lies in the question "Why did God create me?"

- Peace