The Problem of Evil is not a single problem, but rather a family of arguments for the non-existence of God. In its least ambitious form, the argument cites the evil and suffering we find in the world ...

Critics of theism and christianity claim not only that God is dead but that he never truly existed in the first place. For if the God of christianity truly exists, then why is there so much pain and ...

The Lord wants our protest. But it seems some of us have neglected the ancient art of lamenting evil. At the moment, our world is on fire with social unrest, racial injustice, and an unrelenting ...

One of the strongest objections to believe in the Judeo-Christian God has to do with the amount and types of suffering and evil that exist in our world. Philosophers and theologians refer to this as ...

Q. I am 18 years old, and recently the “problem of evil” really threw me for a loop and caused me a lot of pain. I am asking for your help in understanding it a bit more. Why did God, who is ...

“He is here” and “Thank you, Lord.” It is the second day of our visit, and we have seen these words at least 10 times already on the walls of chapels and near the entrances of other apostolates we ...

One of the great mysteries to believers and nonbelievers is that of evil and suffering. If there is a God who is omnipotent and omniscient, how can he tolerate evil, injustice and the suffering of the ...

More people point to the problem of evil and suffering as their reason for not believing in God than any other—it is not merely a problem, it is the problem. A Barna poll asked, "If you could ask God ...

In an essay published yesterday at the New York Times, philosophy professor Peter Atterton claims that the idea of a morally perfect, all-knowing, all-powerful God is incoherent. If this is true, then ...

Biophysicist Hunter brings rare depth and originality to this analysis of an often-neglected stream of Darwin's thought, illuminating not only the original debates surrounding The Origin of Species, ...

What does it mean to have faith, to believe in a God who is present when it seems like power and greed inevitably win? In the face of these kinds of questions it often feels like we need to address ...

What do people who don’t believe in evil do? They blame inanimate objects. Guns. 19 years ago, a middle-aged unemployed taxi driver carrying two milk cartons full of gasoline walked onto a South ...