It’s a fair question.
If God is an all-powerful being, responsible for all that exists, and capable of unlimited acts, why does He allow evil to exist?
Once more, we are faced with the complexity of our existence and the concept of an all-powerful Being. Once more we are faced with the unfathomable nature of all that is – seen and unseen. Once more we are faced with questions that seem to have no answer.
Perhaps we can find the answer by using the tools of logic and analytical thought that we possess. We should start by recognizing our limitations. As humans, we are handicapped by what we don’t know we don’t know. In short, there are things we don’t know, because we are unaware that they even exist.
As a start, we might consider that there may be reasons that God allows things that we find unacceptable, because they serve a purpose in His master plan. As an example, we would prefer that death wasn’t a part of our life cycle, but simple logic reveals that an unlimited growth of human population is unsustainable on the earth. If the human spirit only occupies a human body for a limited time but continues to exist beyond physical death, the loss of that physical body is merely the end of a stage in the continuing existence of that being. It may be that the generations of human beings are God’s process for perfecting the human form through evolution.
When it comes to the existence of evil, there may be similar explanation.
If any one of us were to experience complete silence, we would appreciate the soothing tones of a musical composition. Likewise, we would be more pleased by a beautiful sunrise if we had experienced total darkness.
It is the contrast that fully exposes the pleasure of the better experience.
Without darkness, we cannot fully appreciate the light. Without silence, we cannot fully appreciate the sound of a human voice or the dawn songs of our bird neighbors.
It may be the same with the contrast between good and evil. We cannot fully appreciate the good, without at least an awareness of evil. Perhaps that is God’s purpose, to allow us an awareness or experience of evil so that we might fully appreciate the full package of blessings we receive.