If God Is God...Then Why?: Letters from New York City

by Al Truesdale

Do you remember what you were doing the morning of September 11? Probably so. But, what was God doing? Was He watching but not caring? Did He choose to just sit on His hands?In this fictional work of letters to an Episcopal priest, Truesdale addresses the unavoidable question - What Kind of loving Father would allow such suffering? If God Is God, Then Why? will help you come to terms with the fact that God has not revealed exactly why, but that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus is the solution.

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 2002

Reviews

[Winnie Thornton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light-years better than I thought. Truesdale successfully beats off some of the most popular "explanations" to the problem of evil, but he stops just a tad short of a completely satisfying resolution. He needs to read Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl, and then he'll realize that the problem of evil doesn't need an answer. It's not a problem.

[Marshall Hess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly good. An excellent introduction to the problem of evil, and a masterful, brutally honest decontruction of every supposed solution to the problem, including answers that I thought were pretty solid and established. Do not expect to be satisfied when you are finished with this book, but expect total honesty and uncompromising self-scrutiny.