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<p>We must also recognize that God is looking at a much larger picture than we are. Whereas an evil may have significant negative consequences for us here today, God may have planned to derive good from this evil 500 years from now. What's more, because God is beyond both space and time, He knows the outcome of everything that happens, and knows how we will freely choose to react to it. As such, it is impossible to disprove, even, that God has this capability! For in order to do this, one would have to be omniscient and omnipresent, i.e. God.</p>
<p>Now, back when I was an Atheist I enjoyed watching a YouTube channel called <i>Darkmatter2525</i>. The creator makes fun animations where he attempts to debunk religion, primarily Christianity - although I've seen him do videos on Islam as well. One of his videos, titled <i><a href="https://invidio.us/watch?v=XUhIvqWyrPM" target="_blank" >If God Answered Prayers</a></i> is ironically a great video explaining butterfly theory such that one can easily see how God can permit evils and still derive good from them 'down the daisy chain'. The video gives the scenario of a little girl who asks god for a kitten. God does not comply and explains to his angel, Jeffrey, how the eventual consequence of giving that girl a kitten would cause a person vital for preventing the Third World War to never exist. As such, by not giving the little girl the kitten, god leaves way for a person to be born who will prevent a world-ending catastrophe.</p>
<p>Now, back when I was an Atheist I enjoyed watching a YouTube channel called <i>Darkmatter2525</i>. The creator makes fun animations where he attempts to debunk religion, primarily Christianity - although I've seen him do videos on Islam as well. One of his videos, titled <i><a href="https://yewtu.be/watch?v=XUhIvqWyrPM" target="_blank" >If God Answered Prayers</a></i> is ironically a great video explaining butterfly theory such that one can easily see how God can permit evils and still derive good from them 'down the daisy chain'. The video gives the scenario of a little girl who asks god for a kitten. God does not comply and explains to his angel, Jeffrey, how the eventual consequence of giving that girl a kitten would cause a person vital for preventing the Third World War to never exist. As such, by not giving the little girl the kitten, god leaves way for a person to be born who will prevent a world-ending catastrophe.</p>
<p>Now, the video has its issues, and obviously was not made with the intention of providing a solution to the problem of evil. His intention is instead to argue that God <i>never</i> answers prayers. He tries to argue that because granting even the smallest prayer would have such massive consequences for His plan, that it would be implausible or incredible for God to account for it. This, of course, is simply the fallacy of personal incredulity. God is beyond space and time, it is not as though He had a deadline by which He had to finish His divine plan. The second argument he makes is the typical argument that God cannot have a divine plan and allow us free will. Of course, there are some Christian denominations that have chosen one or the other, but Catholics know both from Sacred Scripture and from Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium of the Church that both can and do coexist. There are many ways to skin this cat, but my preferred method is to give an example that's closer to us. I'm fairly certain that there is someone in your life that you know very well. So well, in fact, that you can predict how they will react to certain stimuli. Yet, the ability to know their reaction does not mean they are without free will. Now, if we are to consider God who not only created you, but was also present at all moments of your life and knows you even better than you know yourself, would it be surprising if God were to know exactly how you will respond to certain stimuli from your environment? Add to this the dimension that God is beyond both space and (more importantly) time, and we can see how God already knows what you will choose out of your own free will.</p>