How could God allow suffering and evil?
This is a classic question. When it’s a challenge to the Christian faith, trying to prove that God doesn’t exist, it’s usually phrased like this: “If God is truly omniscient (all-knowing) and omnipotent (all-powerful) and loving, how could he allow suffering and evil?” Here is a classic answer. God exists. Jesus said he does, and he rose from the dead to show that he could be trusted to tell the truth. God is all-knowing. That trustworthy Jesus said so. And since God knows everything, he is smarter than we are. So he may do or say things that are perfectly right, but we don’t understand them, because we’re not as smart. We have that experience every day with people who are smarter than we are. God is all-powerful. In philosophical terms, all-powerful means that he can do whatever he wants. He can always put his will into action. God is loving. God showed his love for all people by sending a Savior (John 3:16). Does God allow evil to occur? That depends on how you define evil. Sometimes
