The problem of evil and the goodness of God

We all know evil exists. No matter what any of us believes—if we’re a Christian, a Buddhist, or a moral relativist—every single one of us knows evil is real.1

Another act of evil was committed in the United States as I sit in front of my computer. Another mass shooting. This time at a shopping mall.

Using the world “another” makes me feel uneasy. I worry because it signals a normalization of these events. Normalization is acceptance. Acceptance of this sort, it seems to me, is evil.

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