Brad Way
Mrs. Burnett
AP English
September 28, 2014
Evil and God
If there is a God, why are there so many bad things in this world? Is He just a big guy in the sky who watches us but has no connection or desire to connect with us? These questions are asked everyday by people all across the world.
So first, let's start where we find this question in literature. In The Fountainhead, we see that Ellsworth Toohey grew up in the Christian faith but then after a while he turns away and ends up being the source of evil in the book. Now who's fault was it? God's fault, or Toohey's fault for the evil Toohey commits throughout the book? Think about this question as I move on to another story to do with evil.
Recently, there has been a movement called "The Bully Project" where a young girl made a stand against the bullying of disabled people, specifically one named Koran from Ogletown, Delaware. I chose this story to talk about because I actually know Koran from my church. Koran is a sweet guy with a mental disability, yet he was bullied and even beaten. Why? Is God mad at Koran? The more I read the Bible, the more you see the answers to such questions. Ever since the beginning of time, God has given His creation the ability to choose. Choices range from what to eat, to deeper things such as whether or not one will live their life for God. Romans chapter 3 talks a lot about how we are naturally bad creations. Ever since Adam and Eve first sinned, sin was inherited by all human beings. So, if something is born bad, naturally it will do bad things. Therefore, because of our sin and because of many humans choice to not serve God everyday, bad things are bound to happen. It is not God's fault for the evil we humans do.
That's where Jesus comes in. God, who loved the world despite all the evil people in it, sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die for all the people of the world. Jesus had to die and be the sacrifice for the world's sins because any fair judge would say a crime had to be paid for. So, God who hates evil yet loves people who do evil, killed His only son not only to quench the thirst of His wrath against evil, but to also show how much He loved people like me, you, Koran, and even the people who bullied Koran. God does no evil, He only allows us to do what we want, which for most of us would be the choice to do evil.

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/09/27/delaware-teen-tackles-bully-problem-head/16344147/