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Is God Really Good? Making Sense of Suffering and Divine Compassion
Snapshot Introduction to Suffering How does one reconcile a good God with such great evil and sorrow in the world? This is a question that many wrestle with over the course of their life, including this author. How does one explain that four different children have been lost over the last few years by this…
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Aquinas Theodicy: Vindication of God in light of Evil
Snapshot Is it possible for an all-powerful God to exist in a world that is filled with great evil? Thomas Aquinas offers a deep, reasoned theodicy grounded in divine goodness, perfection, and omnipotence. In this post, we explore how Aquinas explains evil not as a created substance, but as a privation of good. This is…