In my last blog I discussed the origin of evil, but the following questions may still be asked. Why does God allow evil to persist? Couldn't He just stamp it out? Again I'm going to subdivide persistent evil into two categories. Most philosophers lump pain and suffering in with evil. I'm going to treat them as a separate category. I'm specifically referring to pain and suffering as a result of a lack of food or water, disease, stubbing your toe, getting sunburned, etc. The second category will consist of your run of the mill evil acts (which also bring about some level of pain and suffering).
