All right, a great question from ex-listener, a very deep question.

If there is a God who is all-powerful, then why does he allow for evil?

Why does he allow for evil?

It's a great question.

Of course, it's been asked many times in the sort of history of human thought, there are answers.

I'm going to give you the general answer and then my issues with the general answer.

So the general answer is that it is not God who allows evil. It is not God who allows evil. It is God who allows evil. It is not God who allows evil. It is God who allows free will. And it is people

who choose evil. So you buy a game of chess. And in the box that comes with the pieces and the board is a little rule book, right?

And would it make much sense to say, why is it that the people who make chess allow for cheating.

Well, no, they give you the game and they give you the rules.

But they can't take over your brain and prevent you from cheating.

So let's say you're the older brother and you get the chess set

and then you are teaching your younger brother how to play chess

and you cheat.

You say that a piece can do what a piece can't do according to the rules

and you cheat and then you win.

So, if that is the case, then is that the fault of the people who make the chess rules?

No, because they're saying, here's the board, here's the pieces, and here are the rules

for playing. Now if you break the rules, that is not the

fault of the people who make the game, who delivered to you the rules. Now, who cannot cheat

at chess is a chess program. A chess program that is put together, and I still occasionally think of

the chess program I used to play on my old Atari 800, right? So there was no programming in that

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