Evil and the Confessions of St.Augustine

I believe that God has given each of us a unique and special gift in that he has allowed us to experience through life his creation. In the roller-coaster ride of life, every one of us experiences challenges or problems which quite often are viewed as a directly influenced effect of evil. - Every one of us experiences feelings of good and evil. When we experience or feel love and contentment, we relate that to good. Feelings and actions of hatred, jealously, greed or revenge are typically associated with evil. Sometimes I wonder if God created evil in order for us as human beings to have a way of measuring what was good. I also sometimes think that like the Ying and the Yang, evil is just as necessary as good is if there is to be order and balance in nature. …