Ben responded straightaway. “That’s a question I’ve pondered all my life, as has every person affected by incomprehensible tragedy. My answer is this: he was there, Catherine, weeping. Many see fit to explain it as free will, God’s gift to mankind, freedom to do as one chooses, and so some choose to pursue evil. It’s an explanation that has its roots in Deuteronomy. When Moses called upon the heads of all the tribes, the elders and the officers, and all the people to stand and receive God’s laws, they learned that God had set before them life and good or death and evil. They were told they had
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