Rick Rood
The problem of how a good and powerful God could allow evil and suffering in His creation is discussed from both a philosophical and religious perspective.
[Spanish Version]
The question is obvious: If God is good, how could He allow the terror of 9–11, 2001? The destruction of so many innocent lives, the shaking of our security and almost total disruption of our entire American culture has thrown such issues into our faces.
Trite phrases and religious slogans will not do in such a time. Who has thought deeply about these principles? Where are some answers? Is there any sense to be made of these horrific events (and, for that matter, tragedies like them around the world and down through the ages)?
We have collected several resources to help get at the roots of the problem of evil, which inevitably gets laid at God’s "doorstep." No easy answers, but some very thoughtful perspecitives.
Why Would a Loving God Allow Pain and Suffering? Where is God in the Midst of Tragedy?
EveryStudent.com
Prior to September 11, 2001, we were a nation who felt protected, confident
that terrorist attacks only happen "somewhere else." We thought our intelligence,
defense technology and security information guarded us. To our dismay, we were
wrong. Now we know that even Americans are not immune to the assaults of hatred
from other countries.
The Problem of Evil
Rick Rood
The problem of how a good and powerful God could allow evil and suffering in
His creation is discussed from both a philosophical and religious perspective.
[Spanish Version]
Is There Meaning in Evil and Suffering?
When the Good Guys Don't
Win Deliver
Us From Evil Would You Like
to Know God Personally? The Glory of His Discontent: The
Inconsolable Suffering of God
Discussion Forum
On February 11, 1999, a distinguished and diverse panel explored the question,
"Is there meaning in evil and suffering?" Forum participants: Dr. Ravi Zacharias
and Dr. William Lane Craig (both Christian theists), Dr. Bernard Leikind (naturalist
scientist), and Dr. Jitendra Mohanty (scholar, Eastern religion). Visit the
online RealMedia archive to hear this forum again.
Rusty Wright
"Why is there suffering in the world?" ranked first in a national survey to
determine the top 40 questions of life. Many human efforts to alleviate suffering
and achieve happiness have borne some fruit, but each also contains examples
of failure. This article considers a few of these human efforts, then asks revealing
questions. Could we be missing the root of the problem? Could much human suffering
be rooted in something deeper than flawed political systems or philosophical
constructs? Might there be something wrong with the human heart?
George Pytlik
This unique Web site takes you step by step into some general considerations
of the problem of evil. The subject matter is based on material by Dr. Ravi
Zacharias and others.
The following four principles will help you discover how to know God personally
and experience the abundant life He promises.
Don Hudson, Mars Hill Forum
"If the Christian life is a sojourn, which I believe it is, then the pilgrim
on the way (Homo Viatoris) is moving from the innocence of Eden to the joy of
heaven while trying to make sense of a tragic, suffering world."
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