If God Is Good, Why Is There So Much Suffering? The Problem of Evil
If God is all-powerful and good, why does suffering exist? Tackle arguments from Augustine to modern theodicies, including atheistic critiques from Hume and contemporary responses.
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- Reading· ~11 min
Free Will, Soul-Making, and the Evidential Problem
The most powerful responses to the problem of evil, and why Rowe's ==evidential argument== remains stubbornly hard to answer.
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- Reading· ~9 min
The Existential Problem and the Limits of Theodicy
Why the philosophical problem of evil and the existential problem of evil are different, and what this means for both atheism and religious faith.
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- Text Explore· ~8 min
Rowe's Evidential Argument
Examine the most rigorous contemporary version of the problem of evil and the key responses.
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- Argument Map· ~10 min
Evil and the God of Love: The Full Map
Map the problem of evil, the main theodicies, and the contemporary state of the debate.
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- Dialogue· ~10 min
Dialogue: Ivan Karamazov vs. the Theologian
The most emotionally charged philosophical argument in the canon, can theodicy survive Ivan's rebellion?
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- Reflection· ~8 min
Reflection: Your Own Account of Suffering
The problem of evil is not only a theistic problem, it is a question everyone who has suffered or witnessed suffering must answer.
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