I was delighted, a couple of days ago, to discover that the British ITV mystery/detective series Midsomer Murders (1997-) has, at least in the past, featured a character named “Dr. Dan Peterson.”
Who, I wondered, could they have hired to portray a person bearing so solemn — so august, respectable, and important — a name?
This would surely have been a decision fraught with cultural significance, entered into after long and serious deliberation.
Several actors came immediately to my mind.
But no. They selected an actor who surprised me. Frankly, I wouldn’t have thought of him:
Plainly, we live in a fallen world.
The problem of evil is one of the most serious challenges faced by theologians and theistic philosophers, and a case such as this illustrates (pretty well beyond dispute) why that is so.
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