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Response to "The Quick and Easy Guide to God"
The “quick and easy guide to God,” is an image that has been circulating on the Internet in the form of a flow-chart. The flow chart begins with the premise “evil exists.” I suppose that one easy way to address this chart is to point out that “evil” doesn’t exist. “Evil” is an abstract idea.…
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Who Caused Job’s Suffering?
Was it Job’s own free will? Check out this interesting analysis and then update your theodicy, if your theodicy depends on “free will.” UPDATE: The link seems to be broken. This is the chart that I thought was interesting: Who Caused The Death And Suffering In Job Ref. Who Inference Text Job 1:11 God Implied…
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Excellent Answer to Theodetic Issues
In the following video Voddie Baucham provides a remarkable and helpful theodicy:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD1yv4J6ohE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1]His answer may not be philosophically rigorous, but it is helpful to refocus people on the important points. I must say that it is not an answer that had occurred to me previously, as a response to the question, “If God is so good,…
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God’s Decree = God’s Endorsement?
Beowulf2k8 (b2k8) has provided a further comment illustrating his lack of understanding of Calvinism. Since I doubt he is the only person with this misunderstanding, I think it may be helpful to highlight the error he is making and explain why, biblically, he is wrong. b2k8 wrote: In the sense that Calvinism teaches that God’s…
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Response to Hitchens’ Complaint about Human Suffering
http://www.youtube.com/v/7gH88r14pVg&rel=1 In the video above, Dr. James White addresses atheist Christopher Hitchens’ complaint that man was suffering for a long time, while God was just watching. What is the answer? Hitchens has not addressed Christianity. Christianity asserts that God has had a plan from the very beginning and that nothing comes to pass that is…