Andrew Lawson answers “Is this book worth the read?? what is this...”

Simone Jackson asked this question about The Shack:

Is this book worth the read?? what is this about exactly? from what i heard, some guy goes to a shack away from the world and finds god??

Andrew Lawson I presented a priest friend of mine with the argument about God and the existence of evil. It goes like this: God is, as is claimed, both all knowing …moreI presented a priest friend of mine with the argument about God and the existence of evil. It goes like this: God is, as is claimed, both all knowing and all powerful. So the rumblings of an earthquake cause the people in a town square to run into a church for shelter. The roof falls in and kills or injures the folks who sought shelter. If God is all knowing then God knew an earthquake was coming and would cause the roof to collapse, and if God is all powerful God could have prevented the roof from caving in. God cannot be evil and yet only an evil God would allow the event, therefore there is no personal God. He suggested I read The Shack. If anything The Shack just begged the question and then asked a lot of nonsense.(less)

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