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--color-end: var(--bgcolor-content-end);" ><div class="content"> <div class="label gradient-to-tr" style="--color-start: #96445a; --color-end: #6f637e;">Theme</div> <h1><span itemprop="name headline" property="og:title">God and Evil</span></h1><h2><em>Article Index</em></h2> <div class="sponsor-sidebar"><div class="desktop-show" align="center"><div class="adManager-placeholder"></div></div></div> <h2>The Existence of Sin and Evil</h2> <a href="God-allow-evil.html">Why does God allow evil?</a><br><br> <a href="did-God-create-evil.html">Did God create evil?</a><br><br> <a href="did-God-create-sin.html">Did God create sin?</a><br><br> <a href="goodness-of-God.html">How can I believe in the goodness of God when there is so much evil in the world?</a><br><br> <a href="does-God-love-Satan.html">Does God love Satan?</a><br><br> <a href="if-God-knew.html">If God knew that Satan would rebel, why did He create him?</a><br><br> <a href="if-God-knew-Adam-Eve-sin.html">If God knew that Adam and Eve would sin, why did He create them?</a><br><br> <a href="God-allow-deception.html">Why does God allow deception?</a><br><br> <a href="God-create-doomed-people.html">Why does God create people when He knows they are going to go to hell?</a><br><br> <a href="God-tempt-us-to-sin.html">Does God tempt us to sin? What about Abraham in Genesis chapter 22?</a><br><br> <h2>God’s Character</h2> <a href="is-God-evil.html">Is God evil?</a><br><br> <a href="why-do-the-wicked-prosper.html">Why do the wicked prosper?</a><br><br> <a href="can-God-sin.html">Can God sin? If God cannot sin, is He truly omnipotent?</a><br><br> <a href="God-killing.html">Does God killing people make Him a murderer?</a><br><br> <a href="God-order-killing.html">Why did God order the killing of people in the Old Testament?</a><br><br> <a href="does-God-make-mistakes.html">Does God make mistakes?</a><br><br> <a href="can-God-lie.html">Can God lie?</a><br><br> <a href="God-egomaniac.html">Is God an egomaniac?</a><br><br> <a href="God-megalomaniac.html">Is God a megalomaniac?</a><br><br> <a href="God-Bible-sexist.html">Is God / the Bible sexist?</a><br><br> <a href="is-God-cruel.html">Is God cruel?</a><br><br> <a href="God-moral-monster.html">Is God a moral monster?</a><br><br> <a href="God-of-the-Old-Testament.html">Is Richard Dawkins’ caricature of the God of the Old Testament accurate?</a><br><br> <a href="is-God-selfish.html">Is God selfish?</a><br><br> <h2>Hardships</h2> <a href="bad-things-good-people.html">Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?</a><br><br> <a href="good-things-bad-people.html">Why does God allow good things to happen to bad people?</a><br><br> <a href="innocent-suffer.html">Why does God allow the innocent to suffer?</a><br><br> <a href="why-do-Christians-suffer.html">Why do Christians suffer?</a><br><br> <a href="does-God-cause-suffering.html">Does God cause suffering?</a><br><br> <a href="starving-children.html">Why does God not seem to care about the millions of starving children in the world?</a><br><br> <a href="house-fire.html">Why did God let my house burn down in a fire?</a><br><br> <a href="why-did-God-create-mosquitoes.html">Why did God create mosquitoes?</a><br><br> <h2>Health Problems</h2> <a href="God-allow-sickness.html">Why does God allow sickness?</a><br><br> <a href="sickness-will-God.html">Is it sometimes God’s will for believers to be sick?</a><br><br> <a href="birth-defects.html">Why does God allow birth defects?</a><br><br> <a href="God-allow-disabled-handicapped.html">Why does God allow people to be disabled / handicapped?</a><br><br> <a href="God-heal-everyone.html">Why doesn’t God heal everyone?</a><br><br> <a href="God-heal-amputees.html">Why won’t God heal amputees?</a><br><br> <h2>War and Disasters</h2> <a href="Old-Testament-violence.html">Why did God condone such terrible violence in the Old Testament?</a><br><br> <a href="Canaanites-extermination.html">Why did God command the extermination of the Canaanites?</a><br><br> <a href="Hitler-Saddam.html">Why does God allow evil men like Hitler and Saddam to come into power?</a><br><br> <a href="God-allow-Holocaust.html">Why did God allow the Holocaust?</a><br><br> <a href="9-11.html">Where was God on September 11th?</a><br><br> <a href="natural-disasters.html">Why does God allow natural disasters, i.e. earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis?</a><br><br> <a href="volcanoes-in-the-Bible.html">Are there any volcanoes mentioned in the Bible?</a><br><br> <center><strong class="return"> Return to:<br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_God.html">Content Directory — God</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_God_nature.html">The Nature of God</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_God_character.html">The Character of God</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_God_identity.html">The Identity of God</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_God_relationship.html">God’s Relationship to Us</a><br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content_God_response.html">Our Response to God</a><br><br> </strong> </center> <hr><br> <center><strong class="return"> Return to:<br><br> <a class="button-link box-shadow" href="content.html">Content Index</a></strong></center> </div> </section> <section class="homepage-sponsor desktop-hide"> <div class="desktop-hide" align="center"><div class="adManager-placeholder-mobile"></div></div> </section> <section class="subscribe gradient-to-br" style="--color-start: #153c59; 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