Evil is one of those immaterial concepts that everyone acknowledges but struggles to define. How do we know evil to be evil? By what standard do we measure it? And how do we agree on what that standard should be? Does evil exist in and of itself, or does it only exist as the result of something else? Good questions. Biblically , evil might be defined as that which opposes God's revealed will. Of course, humanity has expanded on this definition to encompass anything that opposes human will also; and sometimes the two are in harmony, but more often they are not. However , sticking with first causes, if evil is that which opposes Gods will, then the question is not, 'How can a holy God allow evil to exist within his creation?' But rather, 'How can he not?' For how can you disallow the existence of something that only exists as the antithesis (opposite) of your own will? In other words, something that exists because something of you exists. There is...