Then there is egocentricity, which is a philosophy that describes when people ignore social causes and have little or no regard for anything but themselves. Another main reason cited is the fall of man, which is the transition of Adam and Eve from being innocent and obedient people to God to being disobedient when they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.Īnother reason put forward by Christians is that of the imperfection of creation. However, according to Christianity, the world's largest religion with over 2.2 billion followers, Satan is not the only reason for evil in the world.
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