Why does God allow all the recent terrorism and natural disasters?
With the terrorism acts like 9/11 and the natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina our nation has been going through a difficult time. These are major events in our nation’s history which cause us to reflect on evil in the world, and why God, who is a good God, allows such events to take place. At the heart of evil and violence is the effect of Original Sin on all of creation. When our first parents radically rebelled against our Heavenly Father, a punishment was given that would be transmitted to all of their descendents, as well as nature itself. In the case of 9/11, these terrorists had the effect of Original Sin in their very being, which clouded their intellects and weakened their wills. Nonetheless, they still possessed free will, and they chose terror and murder to resolve their problems. Now they have to answer to God for their destructive choices. In the case of natural disasters, nature itself can be chaotic, “subjected to futility” (Romans 8:20), says St. Paul. He goes on to
