Infinite Goodness ≠ Infinite Evil

"To properly understand the devastating effects of this event, we need to examine the nature of man before sin caused him to lose his security and significance. The first created man lived in unclouded, intimate fellowship with God. He was secure and free." 
-Robert McGee, "The Search for Significance"


Probably one of the most noted objections toward the existence of God is the presence of evil. "If one of two contraries is infinite, the other would be destroyed. God is infinite goodness, therefore evil cannot exist." Many people struggle to comprehend if God is so good, why is there evil in the world, or that if God was actually infinite goodness, evil wouldn't be allowed to happen. However, God gave man the power of free will when He created us. In his unconditional love for us, He saw that taking away our free will wouldn't make our love and admiration to Him real, it would be a lie. So to have real love and a real relationship with His creations, He gave Adam and Eve free reign over Eden with the exception of eating from the forbidden fruit. Satan used his trickery to manipulate Eve into eating the fruit who then convinced Adam to do the same. Using doubt to distrust God, Satan helped bring sin into the world and destroy the perfection we could have been living. Because of this first sin, we all make mistakes to this day. Evil happens because we are not perfect, and we don't have the once intimate relationship with God that Adam and Eve had before they committed sin. God has given us the tools to be good, and it's up to us with trust in Him that goodness can become evident. If you think it's quite impossible for anyone to remain faithful and trusting to God when so many corrupt events occur in our lives, just look at Job. Satan told God that no one would remain faithful to Him because they experience so much suffering. God let Satan test Job's integrity by taking all his possessions, his family, and gave him painful boils all over his body. Everything seemed to have been taken away from Job,  but even when everyone around him was trying to persuade Job to curse and deny God, he remained faithful. He praised Him, and God, proud of the faithfulness that Job had kept, rewarded him with better possessions and prosperity than Job had had before. God is infinite goodness, we must understand that we are not actuality. We are not perfect or complete and because of that, we commit sins and evil into this world.