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?
Engage with the debate about whether the suffering in the world shows that a loving God cannot exist. What can we say concerning natural evil such as tsunamis and earthquakes? Why doesn't God prevent people from doing evil things? Are there any possible reasons that such a God might allow suffering to continue?
Why is there evil in the world if there is a God? Why isn’t he doing something about it?
Helpful pointers for answering questions about the harsh reality of suffering.
Part 2 of a video series examining why God allows suffering suggests possible answers that can be offered.
Examining the problem of suffering first as an intellectual question and then as an emotional and visceral issue.
Part 4 of a video series examining why God allows suffering looks at "the hardest question", the suffering of children.
Michael Ots asks three questions about suffering: 1. Why is there suffering? 2. What, if anything, has God done about it? 3. What will…
Four part video series on the problem of suffering.
2004 was a grim year; innocent tribes-people ruthlessly attacked in western Sudan; hundreds of children brutally murdered in Beslan; Iraq…
“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…