{"id":10955,"date":"2015-11-06T17:41:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T22:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=10955"},"modified":"2015-11-06T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T23:18:00","slug":"how-is-it-that-a-good-god-permits-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2015\/11\/how-is-it-that-a-good-god-permits-evil.html","title":{"rendered":"How is it that a good God permits evil?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nAnd, of course, there\u2019s the other thing, that good things happening to bad people thing. <\/p>\n

Sort of like the rain falling on the good and the evil alike. I get that. But then it seems to me those who believe in a deity running the show have something to answer for. With this dualism introduced, where there is the natural world, but also a god who brings along choices and values like good and evil, well\u2026<\/p>\n

In theological circles they call this problem Theodicy<\/a>. I always thought that a perfect phrasing of the problem. Sadly, I\u2019ve never heard a response from a theist theologian that made tons of sense while leaving a good God in charge\u2026<\/p>\n