If God is really all powerful, all knowing, and truly loving, then why does evil exist?

The living entity in the material world has desires. Those desires change as a result of contact with the modes of nature. The more a person is in contact with the modes of passion and ignorance, the closer to evil their desires will be. Stretching over multiple lifetimes a person can sink lower and lower into the mode of ignorance and entertain evil desires that a decent person would reject outright.

Once these desires take root then in due course of time an opportunity will be arranged to indulge them. That will continue the chain of action and reaction. Whatever evil a person does to another person will be done to them in the future. When we suffer from the evil actions of others it’s because we have caused the same suffering to others else previously.

In this ongoing chain of cause and effect, the Lord stays neutral. The laws are in place and the Lord’s representatives oversee the running of the universe. We are allowed to indulge our desires and must accept the consequences. It’s not on God that there is evil, it’s on us.

The Lord is our well-wisher so He is ever-inviting the fallen conditioned souls to return to Him and leave this place of misery and evil forever. As long as we don’t take up the Lord’s offer we have to live with the good and the bad.

”Nature is said to be the cause of all material causes and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world.” Bg 13.21

“Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone's sinful or pious activities.” Bg 5.15


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