How could a Good God Allow Suffering

Common Thoughts on Evil

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism Chapter Two: How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?

“I just don’t believe the God of Christianity exists,” said Hillary, an undergrad English major. “God allows terrible suffering in the world. So he might be either all-powerful but not good enough to end evil and suffering, or else he might be all-good but not powerful enough to end evil and suffering. Either way the all-good, all-powerful God of the Bible couldn’t exist.”

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism Chapter Two: How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?

“This isn’t a philosophical issue to me,” added Rob, Hillary’s boyfriend. “This is personal. I won’t believe in a God who allows suffering, even if he, she, or it exists. Maybe God exists. Maybe not. But if he does, he can’t be trusted.”

The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (Chapter Two: How Could a Good God Allow Suffering?)

“The effort to demonstrate that evil disproves the existence of God “is now acknowledged on (almost) all sides to be completely bankrupt.” Why?