A NECESSARY EVIL, A QUEST FOR GOOD

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: September 25, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

IN RECENT DAYS AMERICANS HAVE CONFRONTED THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AS NEVER BEFORE IN OUR HISTORY. SUCCINCTLY, THE PROBLEM CAN BE STATED LIKE THIS: IN A UNIVERSE CONTROLLED BY AN ALL-POWERFUL, LOVING GOD, WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO INNOCENT PEOPLE? Eighteen-hundred years ago, a Christian named Marcion suggested there could be two gods: a supreme God of love and an inferior God who allows violence, sickness, and pain. Marcion was condemned as a heretic.

Theologians have continued to wrestle with the Problem of Evil ever since, with no satisfactory resolution. Some have suggested that God allows ...

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