Why Does God Allow Evil?

The Problem of Evil does not exist an in atheist universe. If there is no god, than there is no absolute moral standard. Rape and torture, although painful, would not be wrong in an atheist universe because there is no absolute standard of good by which one might measure evil. This can only occur in a theistic universe and thus the very asking of this question presupposes a theistic worldview. The laws of morality themselves are derived from a worldview that sees clear distinctions of right and wrong, good and evil based on some standard. To have a rational interchange on the subject, one must presuppose certain definitions of what evil is. Without the existence of God you cannot prove anything. You must have concepts of abstract entities such as laws, universals, and prescriptions to speak of what is moral or immoral. But how does an atheist use laws of logic, science and morality without in so doing, give continual evidence of the fact that they arent atheists at all. They know this God who we are speaking about. He is the one who created them and who is continually revealing himself through not only in the natural order of the universe, but through their very conscience and use of reason. They know this God and yet they suppress the truth about him. You know this to be true because they continue to use the laws of logic, science, and morality although from their world view, these concepts do not make sense. Without a uniformity of the universe, discussions about absolutes such as evil are pointless. From a Christian worldview however, understanding that there is evil in the universe is a concept that is best understood by looking at ourselves. Pogo wrote, "We have met the enemy and he is us." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago described it another way: If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?