Pat Arrabito - My Testimony - Why do bad things happen to good people?

Why do bad things happen to good people? If God is a good God why doesn't He always intervene when bad things happen? This age-old question has haunted old and young when faced with devastating circumstances. It's easy to believe in a good God when things are going well, but when faced with situations where bad things seem to happen without any just cause, it is harder to maintain that belief. In fact, many people have become atheists over this very issue.

Is there an answer then that can help us understand why a good God or anyone with as much power as God seems to have doesn't do away with evil once and for all? This is not an easy question to answer because it requires that we have a look at the circumstances which God finds Himself in. To many, it will come as a surprise that God actually was once faced with a dilemma. The story of how this came to be starts long before the events in the garden of Eden.