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How do Christians justify God's apparent neglect of those who cannot help themselves? [duplicate]
This is something that always confused me.
Take as a simple example, one among many, children in Africa. The ones we've all seen pictures of. The ones that starve to death or are shot before they're ...
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Earlier use of this argument for the necessity of evil?
I seem to recall hearing or reading that Augustine posited that perhaps evil as such did not exist, i.e., that evil is more a void or absence of existence. I think this line of reasoning is used to ...
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Are Christians supposed to suffer?
Consider the following scriptures:
James 1:2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let ...
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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 ...
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“God created the world” - why can't he correct it? [duplicate]
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How to answer “Why does evil and suffering exist?”
If there is a God who created the world etc, how did he get it so wrong that even he got annoyed with it ...
