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23 questions linked to/from How to answer "Why do evil and suffering exist?"
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How can a Wholly Good God Deliberately Create Evil?
I think it's pretty universally accepted that God is wholly good. Indeed, many sources, including lots of answers on this website, are based on the belief that God is the perfect standard of goodness....
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Why are some people born into famine and starvation? [closed]
I was raised Christadelphian, and after 17 years of education and reading the bible, I dismissed my faith and left the church. One of my main reasons for turning my back on God was this.
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What are Christian responses to the Logical Problem of Evil?
The following is a more succinct presentation of the Logical Problem of Evil based on the original presentation found in the introduction of the article Logical Problem of Evil | Internet Encyclopedia ...
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Why did God create the great flood? [closed]
Why did God create the great flood to wipe the entire human race including unborn children and babies that are probably innocent, and also other species that are innocent?
He can re-create the whole ...
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Does the Church in general need to revisit and revise its strategy in maintaining the faith? [closed]
Is it a high time that we need to impart the young Christians (children) a comprehensive knowledge of all the doctrines of Christianity, or do we tend to raise them as unconvinced Christians ...
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Does God control "demons"?
It is my understanding that a “demon” (either Greek δαιμόνιον or δαίμων) is an “evil spirit” (Greek πνεῦμα πονηρόν).
In Acts 19:13, it is written,
Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, ...
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What are Christian apologetics refutations of the objections posited by the site: Why Won't God Heal Amputees?
The site: Why Won't God Heal Amputees?
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Is God real, or is he imaginary?
Is God real, or is he imaginary? It is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.
If God is ...
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How can we defend our faith against the "Argument from Evil" or "Problem of Evil"? [duplicate]
Of all of the arguments against the Bible from a stance of pure logic which I have ever heard, the only one which seems to be able to stand up to honest, logical scrutiny in even the smallest way is ...
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What is the purpose of Evil and Sin? [duplicate]
If God can do everything than, why don't he just abolish sin and evil from the world. As if it never existed? There's no reason to have sin and evil running around if the lord finds it sickening why ...
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What is the biblical basis for the logical Problem of Evil? [closed]
From the Wikipedia article on the subject:
The problem of evil refers to the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil with an omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent God (see theism).
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Why does an omnipotent God allow evil to flourish on his earth? [duplicate]
The most common answer here will be: evil must be allowed to have free will. This is simply not true. If we are speaking of an omnipotent God that created the entire universe and any extra dimensional ...
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Is God cruel if he allows Satan to hurt us? [duplicate]
I'm struggling with my faith. We have had multiple hits that have me wondering why a loving God would allow this to happen? I'm hear over and over that it's the devil doing it or it is God doing it ...
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God's sovereignty and man's predicament in light of evil forces [duplicate]
Since God is sovereign and is not answerable to anyone about his doing, why should God allow the evil to continue to grow and the aftermath of man suffering the consequences while the fallen demonic ...
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How how can God be loving if he lets tragedies happen to his children? [duplicate]
My wife, whose family is devout to the faith recently lost her father to sudden brain cancer and if that wasn't enough, several unfortunate circumstances arose due to the lack of financial means for ...
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Why did God allowed Herod to slay so many newborns? [duplicate]
Why didn't God strike Herod with Leprosy before he could to any harm to the newborns? He could prevent the death of many newborns and Joseph wouldn't have been forced to run to Egypt with Mary and ...
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