Why did God put us in a world whose natural disasters, such as earthquakes, can destroy us?
St. Paul replied to this difficulty simply by saying, “Shall the thing formed say to Him that formed it, why hast Thou made me thus?” He stressed the supreme dominion of the Creator, and the limited rights of the creature. Reason tells us that every created thing by virtue of being created must fall short of infinite perfection. It is bound to be a mixture of perfection and lack of perfection. This world has good features, and bad. We should thank God for the good, and leave to God, without any complaints, the fact that imperfection exists. That is better than forgetting the good, and spending one’s life complaining that we do not possess still greater immunity from trials and difficulties. Let us remember, also, that this life is not all for us. A perfect destiny awaits us after our probation in this world of opportunity. 18. The sight of the evils in this world makes me doubt the existence of God. Such a doubt is not reasonable. It is because you concentrate on some particular evils,
