>>22817394evil as in gratuitous, unnecessary suffering. kids getting leukemia. villages getting flooded. people born just to be abused and die young. not because they did anything, not because it serves some obvious greater good, but just because the dice came up wrong.
and the answer is always the same: "god moves in mysterious ways," "you'll understand in heaven," or my favorite, "free will", as if toddlers choose cancer.
if a human let this happen and said "trust me, it's all part of the plan," we’d call them a monster. but when god does it, we call it divine.