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Job is not a parable of divine justice
The book of Job is not a parable of divine justice. It is a parable of resignation to a world-making force that has no justice as we understand justice. God comes off sounding like a metaphor for the universe: violent … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Faith, Quotes, The Problem of Evil
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The Chapman Tragedy and the Absence of God
Three months ago a five-year old girl was accidently killed by a car that was pulling into her driveway. The driver was her teenage brother. The father was Steven Curtis Chapman, a popular Christian musician and advocate for adoption. Chapman and his family … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Atheism, Christianity, The Problem of Evil
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What if there was a god, and he was evil
Pretend for a minute that there is irrefutable evidence for a god — so much evidence that no one doubts his existence, anymore than they would doubt the existence of Bill Gates. But this god isn’t a kind, cuddly, boyfriend like … Continue reading
Posted in Evidence, God, Questions, The Problem of Evil
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What about the ones that didn't survive?
[In the fifth century BCE,] a friend pointed out an expensive display of votive gifts to Diagoras and said, “You think the gods have no care for man? Why, you can see from all these votive pictures here how many … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, God, History, Quotes, The Problem of Evil
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24,000 children died today from starvation
24,000 children died today from starvation. What makes you think God will answer your prayers? —Atheist bumper sticker (via William Lobdell)
Posted in Atheism, God, Prayer, Quotes, The Problem of Evil
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"God cares for souls, not stomachs."
“God provides for all of our needs. He is a good father and knows how to take good care of his children. Yet there is famine and suffering. How can this be? Is it that God does not provide? No. … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Christianity, God, Quotes, The Problem of Evil
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Does God sin, then?
The pulpit assures us that wherever we see suffering and sorrow, which we can relieve and do not do it, we sin, heavily. There was never yet a case of suffering or sorrow which God could not relieve. Does He … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, God, Quotes, The Problem of Evil
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Might does not make right, even with God
When arguing about the problem of evil, believers often end with saying, “God is God, and he has the right to do whatever he wants with us.” That’s also the answer the Apostle Paul gives in the Bible about the … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Christianity, God, The Problem of Evil
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