some important definitions

As we tackle the problem of evil and suffering we will need to define some terms. Namely because they are often confused categories:
EVIL: 

· The absence of what ought to be…

· It is a lack in good things…

· “It is in the will, the choice, the intent, the movement of the soul, which puts a wrong order into the physical world of things and acts…” Handbook of Christian Apologetics, pg 132

TYPES OF EVIL:

 For a proper understanding of evil we must make a distinction between types of evil. .

“

  the evil we are not.” Handbook of Christian Apologetics, pg .132

SUFFERING:

Experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant)

- he'd suffered intense pain

- he'd suffered a great deal since his arrest

Be affected by or subject to (an illness or ailment)

- his daughter suffered from agoraphobia

Become or appear worse in quality 

-his relationship with Anne did suffer

Undergo martyrdom or execution

Tolerate

- France will no longer suffer the existing government

Allow (someone) to do something

- my conscience would not suffer me to accept any more

Tomorrow we will discuss the 2 kinds of evil (as mentioned above) MORAL & NATURAL.