Answering Questions About Suffering
Helpful pointers for answering questions about the harsh reality of suffering.
How could a loving God possibly allow so much suffering?
Examining the problem of suffering first as an intellectual question and then as an emotional and visceral issue.
Further links: How can God allow suffering?
Links to further resources to follow up on the bethinking booklet which asks 'How can God allow suffering?'
God on Trial
Towards the end of God on Trial, broadcast on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 on BBC2, a group of Auschwitz prisoners concluded that God was…
Why does God allow evil to exist?
Why is there evil in the world if there is a God? Why isn’t he doing something about it?
The Tsunami: if God’s so good … why?
2004 was a grim year; innocent tribes-people ruthlessly attacked in western Sudan; hundreds of children brutally murdered in Beslan; Iraq…
"God can’t possibly exist given the evil in the world!"
“Can God exist?” We often ask this question as we look at the suffering and pain around us, and the question that is really on…
The One Big Question: the God of love in a world of suffering
"For as long as I can remember, suffering has been the major block to belief," says Bishop Michael Baughen. He speaks here about his new…
The Problem of Evil
In this talk, Mardi Keyes considers the problem of evil under four main headings: 1. The problem of evil for Christian believers.2. The…