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WHY DOES EVIL EXIST IN THE WORLD?

WHY DOES EVIL EXIST IN THE WORLD? One question that has always tormented many God fearing/God loving, and religious people, from time immemorial is---- why should there be so much evil, when God, the all knowing, omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient entity is at the helm of affairs?. Knowing God to be kind hearted, giving and loving, it is very difficult for many of us to reconcile to the fact that when He is in charge of everything, how can there be so much evil, so much  misery, and so many bad things happening? One look at the newspapers or television is enough to see all that is not well with the world, whether it is people suffering because of natural disasters or man made ones. One solution is to have another entity called the Devil, who is in charge of all things evil, and pit him against the forces of God. While this concept works for some of us, many would not be satisfied with this explanation. It is very important to get some rational answer to this question, for m...