{"id":30258,"date":"2026-10-20T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=30258"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:01:26","slug":"if-god-exists-why-does-evil-exist-in-this-world-that-he-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/10\/20\/if-god-exists-why-does-evil-exist-in-this-world-that-he-created\/","title":{"rendered":"If God exists &#8230; why does evil exist in this world that he created?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW102026-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW102026-1.jpg\" alt=\"If God exists, and he's omnipotent, all-knowing, and kind, why does evil exist in this world that he created?\" class=\"wp-image-30254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW102026-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW102026-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AW102026-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">If God exists, and he&#8217;s omnipotent, all-knowing, and kind, why does evil exist in this world that he created?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a variety of possible answers to that pretty basic question in a bunch of faith traditions. Maybe start with the article in the Encyclopedia of Religion, which has a good overview of approaches: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-theodicies.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-theodicies.<\/a> If you&#8217;re looking for a more conversational answer, &#8220;When Bad Things Happen To Good People&#8221; is a classic: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-theodicy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-theodicy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a variety of possible answers to that pretty basic question in a bunch of faith traditions. Maybe start with the article in the Encyclopedia of Religion, which has a good overview of approaches: https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-theodicies. If you&#8217;re looking for a more conversational answer, &#8220;When Bad Things Happen To Good People&#8221; is a classic: https:\/\/bit.ly\/bc-theodicy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30267,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258\/revisions\/30267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}