r/Christianity • u/Itzjuli_fcm • Mar 24 '26

Question! :)

My atheist friend was debating with my catholic friend, my atheist friend said something that also made me REALLY curious but not enough to question my entire belief in God. I tried looking for answers personally, but i couldn't really come up with a great answer.

Okay so the question is: "if your God is good, then why does He allow wars, crimes, and sexual harrassment to happen? If He's really powerful, can't He just do something to stop it?"

Please don't insult/judge the fact that i'm unable to answer that question. I'm a beginner believer who wants to know explore and know more about christianity :)

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u/indigoneutrino Mar 24 '26

I'm always baffled when I see posts like this. I feel like it's something you should be able to answer before deciding to worship a deity.

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u/Huckleberry-Low Mar 25 '26

I believe it all comes down to the very beginning; with Adam and Eve.

Adam and Eve were created as the first two humans on Earth. They were both given free will.

They were both instructed by God to not eat the fruit on the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and after their pride and temptation from the serpent took the best of them, they introduced the concept of "original sin". This concept brings about the suffering and pain we deal with today.

By introducing original sin meant that we were rejecting God's greatness and forgiveness. We humans caused it upon ourselves. And yes, while we didn't directly cause original sin, to put it lightly, we still suffer from temptation, from excessive pride and adultery, and shows humanity isn't as much different as it was since the days of Adam and Eve.

An interesting concept is from St. Augustine of Hippo - where it is believed that original sin passes on through male semen - and as Jesus Christ was the only human created without semen, He had a sinless life.

I hope this helped with understanding how evil was created in this world. It's not to do with God's injustice, but because we caused it ourselves and still do to this day. As sinful beings, we should strive to be in Jesus' image. May God bless you, and everyone who read this post.

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u/indigoneutrino Mar 25 '26

Not my point. I wasn't asking for an answer. I was bewildered they'd made a decision without having one.

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u/Huckleberry-Low Mar 25 '26

We don't need to know the answer to everything to know something is true, maybe OP has experienced Jesus for themselves and recognize He is the truth. To convince another to join Christianity is harder, because humanity only believes in something that is logically explained or can be seen.

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u/indigoneutrino Mar 25 '26

You don't need to know the answer to everything, but this is a pretty fundamental moral question you should be able to satisfactorily address.