I think it is similar to Romans 8:28. God does not cause all things—but He does work in all things—even evil—so that good may result and His purposes may be accomplished. God works in everything for the praise of His glory. And that is the truth we see in Ephesians 1:12. Thi...
One thousand years after they were thrown into hell,they are still there. The fires of hell are neither consuming (their worm does not die) norpurgatorial (the fire is not quenched). Instead, those who end up there face an eternity in a place of burning, thirst, and darkness, with no...
And the said king says of himself that he alone is god of the earth, for which reason if it rains when he does not wish it to do so, or is too hot, he shoots arrows at the sky for not obeying him.” The Mashona of Southern Africa informed their bishop that they had once had ...
(专业课论文,伦理学建议看英文版,中文版翻译很奇怪。)IntroductionThe question about evil is one that many philosophers cannot get around because it is a paradoxical point about monotheism especially in the face of God, who is morally supreme. The problem of evil in the face of God's nature is...
The Roman emperor Caesar Augustus—nota believer in God—unknowingly carried out holy purpose[2]. Our Lord can anddoesuse the most unlikely people; we mustn’t underestimate his influence and power. An Unlikely Invitation by Alexander Laureus, 1815 ...
To achieve this, I claim that neither perfect empathy nor rationality entails benevolence, that the desire for suffering is not necessarily pathological, and that human desire for a good god does not entail that god is actually benevolent. 展开 ...
Note that my point is the following: G does not cause evil on purpose. G does not go around killing, murdering, embezzling, etc., nor is G causing earthquakes, tsunamis, and human suffering. Humans cause moral evil; nature causes natural events that some regard as evil. Now one may rai...
Is God really that arbitrary in delving out mercy? What human or goldy parent if able to intervene in suffering does so for one child and the not the suffering of their other child. Where do we go to find answers? Is the Bible our only source for answers about prayer?
I praise you, Lord, for your mercy to forgive and your grace that meets me where I am but does not leave me where it found me [7]. I praise you that victory over fears, troubles, hurts, and regrets is more than HIM-possible with you! (Psalm 103:8, 13; Romans 8:37) [1] The...
Well, not just a loving God. Well, unless you’re trying to make a distinction here- Alex O’Connor: Yeah, a God- Cameron Bertuzzi: That is both all-loving and all-powerful. Trent Horn: Well, it does depend. Traditionally speaking, to reconcile God and evil would be ...