Continued Discussion with cls515

[SmokinDVM]

I have wondered why God lets evil be. I don't know God's plan but I know He has one. I can't comprehend His plan. I'm only human. But I think that not all bad things are bad. For instance, when something bad happens to me, I turn to God.

I think God can prevent evil. There is no evil in Heaven. There is evil on earth. Can He change that? I think so. Then why doesn't God? I don't know why He hasn't yet.

This is the type of thinking that I think is dangerous. Always thinking that everything is "gods will", or "I'm only human", gives too many people an excuse for not trying to change things.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven Weinberg, quoted in The New York Times, April 20, 1999