Q. I am 18 years old, and recently the “problem of evil” really threw me for a loop and caused me a lot of pain. I am asking for your help in understanding it a bit more. Why did God, who is ...

To explain why, we need to go back to Augustine who puzzled over the following argument: 1. God created all things. 2. Evil is a thing. 3. Therefore, God created evil. How could a good God create evil ...

Q: How can God be omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent if evil still exists in the world. If he is omnipotent and omniscient, he knows it is happening and he has the power to stop it, therefore, ...

“I form the light and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” In your article, “The biggest of the Big Questions: Why does God allow evil?” you say there are ...

Essentialism reigned for 2,000 years. Beginning with Aristotle, philosophers had an almost standard belief that all things and beings had an essence that defined their purpose and existence. For ...

One of the strongest objections to believe in the Judeo-Christian God has to do with the amount and types of suffering and evil that exist in our world. Philosophers and theologians refer to this as ...