Prepare to be disappointed.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
― Epicurus
Those old Greeks, sharp little blades weren't they? However, the question is not quite so simple as Epicurus lays it out to be. God is both able to stop evil, but at the same time unable to stop evil. How can this be? He has the power to abolish evil from the world. However, if he did so it would destroy the world as we know it, and he does not want to destroy the world.
Look at it this way -- suppose that God is a person playing Solitaire with a deck of playing cards. At any time, God could eliminate the suit of Spades from the deck. But if he did so, he could no longer play Solitaire, since you need 52 cards to play the game. God can tip over the table and scatter all the cards on the floor any time he likes. He can stack the cards any way he chooses. But the game of Solitaire has certain rules, and if he were to do these things, those rules would be broken, and he could no longer play. He can break the game rules easily, but he wants the game to continue. See how it works. We're God's game.
God could have stopped this long ago. Better still, why did god let it happen at all? Why let evil do so much harm to children and good people? Are you sure you have faith in the right (((god)))?
why do you assume it is good people who are harmed?
Don't expect God to do your work for you (no matter who your god is). He gave you the capacity of memory, reason, and foresight so you could take care of yourself.
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