Instead of either/or, I see myself as part of God’s creation and subject to the physics He created and the Universe He sustains. The biggest stumbling block to a spiritual perspective is the concept ...

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That phrase goes back to the German philosopher Leibniz, who had sought to develop a theodicy (a justification of the ways of God). Voltaire and other Enlightenment figures argued that events such as ...

Theodicy attempts to reconcile the existence of God and the existence of evil — but by viewing every evil as somehow connected to a greater good, the theodicist leaves the sufferer little space ...

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ABSTRACT: Scholars across political philosophy, theology, economics, sociology, sociobiology, and history presently acknowledge that theistic and secular religions are similar in form and function.

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But the creatures are not happy. Therefore God lacks either goodness, or power, or both.” Early in the COVID-19 scourge, The Religion Guy attempted to scan the current discussions in a field known ...

Usually, this falls at God’s feet. How can a good God allow such evil to continue or even exist? It is a question for the ages and the subject of theodicy—which is a big word for a complex issue. We ...

As a whole, these sorts of questions and feelings are known to theologians under the term “theodicy.” Theodicy is born of the tension in our beliefs in the “omni” (or “all”) qualities of God: God is ...