That is the most widely raised atheistic objection to christian faith.
While atheists know that the bible portrays God as good,they do not know that the bible also says he is Holy,just,merciful,patient.
The Question is incomplete in that it takes only one of the characters of God namely love.If they see the biblical God as just,patient,merciful,graceful then the equation will change.This is because God allows evil in his patience and mercy so that the perpetrator may come to repentence.God ,who is just will punish evil ,when the perpetrators of evil don't change their ways.God is forgiving and wants everyone to come to repentence that is why he put up with and allows evil for a while .But on the Judgement day ,he will do justice.He will punish all the unrepentent perpetrators of evil.
The second reason why God allows evil is because it is a byproduct of free will.God created freewill because God wants free agents who can choose to love Him and fellow humans.He does not want robotic love. God gave man freewill and because free will involves choosing between good or evil and not both at the same time,it becomes necessary to allow evil as a expression of man's free will.In all these ,God condemns evil and commands man to do good.He also has promised punishment for evildoers if they do not turn away from it.
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