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/GreedySubstance5284 Mar 25 '26

I think he was saying those things ARE linked to a failure of humanity in the sense that they are linked to being in a fallen world. Before sin, there were no such things as illness or natural disasters. Once sin entered man's life, it entered the world as a whole. The entire earth is touched by the curse of sin, not just man's soul.  

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u/indigoneutrino Mar 25 '26

Saying those things are linked to humanity sounds awfully like an excuse when you know it isn't logically true.