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PHall | September 15, 2009
The problem of evil has always existed “under the sun.” Some of this is purposeful, for man is often wicked himself. A small dose of wickedness is accidental, or done with good intentions. For example, in the American court system, many a criminal runs free because of a good principle: the rights of the individual […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
18 I said to myself [lit., in my heart] concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.” Both within Philosophy and Theology the problem of pain, the problem of evil, has been the most troubling argument against the existence of a benevolent […]
PHall | September 15, 2009
John Godfrey Saxe put it in a poem, “The Blind Men of Indostan.” It was 6 men of Indostan to learning much inclined, Who went to see an elephant tho’ all of them were blind, That each by observation might satisfy his mind! The first approached the elephant, and happening to fall Against his broad […]