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Problem Of Evil | Rational Faith, The Existence of God, Revelation of The Bible and the Example of Jesus

Problem of Evil

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Is Old Testament Law Evil and Yahweh a Moral Monster?

The Old Testament contains some pretty ‘ interesting ‘ laws and events that appear to be examples of evil sanctioned by God.  Frankly, I’ve always had trouble understanding many of them.  Did someone collecting wood for a fire on the Sabbath really deserve stoning to death?  Why would God order a woman who had been raped to …

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Existence of Evil Grounds for Belief in God?

Can the best argument atheists have against the existence of God actually be used to show that God must exist?  It doesn’t sound plausible…but the obvious existence of evil in our world is just what the prolific author (Narnia Chronicles, Mere Christianity) and respected Oxford scholar, C. S. Lewis said that finally convinced him of …

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What is Evil?

A few weeks ago, we started discussing explanations for the co-existence of a good God and the existence of evil.  However, we didn’t discuss exactly what we mean by the term evil .  There are different kinds of evil, natural evil and moral evil, for example.  For useful discussion, we should make sure we’re on the same page…so here goes:

Though it is very …

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Good Does Not Equal Happiness

For the record, I believe happiness is a good thing. I just had a happy week-end with friends at the Brudenell River Resort on Prince Edward island.  Great friends we don’t get to see much anymore and tons of kids running around enjoying themselves… It was a good thing and I wish all week-ends (and week days too!) could be happy times.  …

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Evil and Suffering: Argument Against the Existence of God

The existence of evil and suffering is the biggest argument against God’s existence …why would a good God allow evil and suffering to exist?

There is lots of speculation as to why He would allow evil and suffering.  We can come up with possible explanations that make …

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