text: why are their wars? although an all-powerful god could stop violence of man against man, jesus accepted the concept of war with these admissions:  and ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom an all powerful god could indeed stop wars from happening, so if god does not, it means obviously that god has no desire to do so. since the beginning, god has not interfered with the free will each human has - they have the ability to follow god or not, to follow god's commandments or not, to make war or not.