If God is responsible for the evil we choose to do, then we in turn are responsible for the evil our children choose to do. We know in advance that everyone does some amount of evil at the least they lie, insult people or hurting their feelings, et cetera, and that includes our children.
We could choose to not bring this additional evil into the world by, say, getting ourselves sterilized. So in a sense we could prevent it. Thus we're in the same boat as God. We know that evil will occur in the world by bringing children into the world, and we are able to prevent this, but we don't. Yet we don't hold the parents of adults responsible for what their children choose to do.
God did not make you post on any forum, you still had the power of free will to choose whether or not you were and are going to post, regardless if God already knows if you will post or not. You are not forced to do anything.
The fact that a world without evil would be a world without good is one reason that God might allow evil.
Another reason is that it is possible that God can have reasons for allowing evil to exist that we simply cannot understand.
A third and yet another reason is that God may be letting evil run its course. In order to prove to us that evil is evil and that suffering, which is the product of evil, is proof that anything contrary to Gods will is bad, harmful, painful, and leads to death.
A fourth possible reason that God is letting evil occur is so that on the day of judgment, the condemned will have no right to say that their sentence is unjust. God is not stopping people from exercising their free will. Think about this for a moment: If someone said that God should stop evil and suffering, then should God then stop all evil and suffering? If God only stopped some of it, then we would still be asking the same question of why it exists. So, if we want God to stop evil and suffering He must stop all of it. We have no problem with this when it means stopping a natural disaster, or a murder, or a war or two. But what about when someone thinks of something evil? Evil is evil whether it is acted out or not. Hatred and anger in someones heart is evil. Since it is evil, and if God is to stop all evil, then He must stop that person from thinking his own thoughts. To do that, God must remove our freedom of thought. Then you must ask yourself, which person on the earth has not thought of something evil? God would be required to stop all people from exercising their free will. This is something God has chosen not to do. Therefore, we could say that one of the reasons that God permits evil and suffering is because of mans free will.
Fifth, it is quite possible that God uses the suffering to do good. A good example of this is Joseph of many colors.
God gave Adam dominion over the world. When he rebelled against God, he set in motion an entire series of events and changed the very nature of man and creation. Both were affected by sin. Creation was no longer a paradise, but bore suffering upon us. And men still rebelling against God cause wars. So in a sense we cause suffering ourselves.
Im not sure if this answers any of your questions, and Im not even sure if this makes any sense. Im sorry if it doesnt!!!
