The world is so evil. How can There be a God.
Q. I don't see how anyone can believe in God, especially in light of all the bad things that have been done in the name of religion over the centuries -- wars, conflicts, oppression, hate, etc. We need to free ourselves from believing in God, because religion is evil. A. It’s true that religion has sometimes been used as an excuse to commit great evil—tragically, even in our own time. The Bible warned that a time would come when “evildoers and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:13). But I hope you won’t close your mind to two important truths. First, this is not the way of Jesus Christ. He came into the world to transform our lives by reconciling us to God and coming to live within us by His Holy Spirit. His way is the way of love and peace, not hate and violence. When Peter drew his sword and cut off the ear of one of the men sent to arrest Jesus, Jesus rebuked him: “Put your sword back in its place … for all who draw the sw