The Problem of Evil is a long-debated obstacle to many religions' rationality. In short, it asks how, if a god is both all-good and all-powerful, evil can exist in the world. In the case of Christianity, of many similar monotheistic religions (Judaism and Islam, for example) the only viable solution so far appears to be that an all-powerful god might have plans that are beyond human comprehension, and as such allow the seeming impossibility of evil to exist. Some variations on the concept of karma (or on the concept of divine justice), however, circumvent the entire problem by claiming that people bring evil on themselves by their own immoral actions.
This outlook, unfortunately, can lead to many problems. For example, when a natural disaster occurs, leaving many people injured or otherwise in need of assistance, anyone who possesses such an outlook might well say that the victims deserve their fates, and refuse to assist them.
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