Why Do Bad Things Happen?

Why Do Bad Things Happen?: "Bad things happen, very simply, because we live in a fallen world. Our world has been invaded by sin, and the result of sin is decay and death, both physical and spiritual. Adam and Eve were, in a sense, the 'test case' for humanity. Could they live without going after the one thing in the Garden of Eden they were not supposed to have? They could not. They chose to disobey God and eat from the 'tree of knowledge of good and evil'. God promised that the day they ate from it, they would die. Adam and Eve had lived a perfect life in paradise until that point. They had known no sickness, no death, no hurt. In a real sense they enjoyed 'Heaven on Earth'. Then after yielding to temptation, they both ate the forbidden fruit. At this moment, Hell literally broke loose on earth. It came in the form of sickness, death, loss, tragedy, etc. " ... (Click on title link above to read entire article) ...