A question remains regarding the natural evils of the world and what their purpose or cause of existence is. The existence of natural evils such as disease, hurricanes, and all other elements that bring pain or suffering, as interpreted by Augustine, are not elements of evil that exist solely to bring misery, but are things that are part of the big picture. world and things that strengthen God and God's word by praising Him in their existence (p. 125). This further examined to understand what Augustine intended through his discoveries can be interpreted as him noting that these elements that bring great disaster and disease are things that exist as a byproduct of man's sins because their only existence is to praise the name and word of