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April 24, 2007
Chris Heard on Virginia Tech, Religion and the Problem of Evil
Not surprisingly, Chris Heard has one of the more thoughtful discussions of some of the reactions from parts of the faith community to the Virginia Tech shootings.
Here's a sample from the end of his post,
The “problem of evil” in philosophical theology is how to reconcile the occurrence of evil in our world with the professed goodness of God. If there is no God, there is no problem of evil. As a theist myself, I almost envy atheists for the fact that the “problem of evil” is a non-issue for them. The only issue is how to prevent lunatics from getting a hold of guns.
Get thee over to Higgaion and read the whole thing.
Posted by Duane Smith at April 24, 2007 7:34 PM | Read more on Religion |
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A tragedy is always just that. The "problem of evil" is not an issue for The Rebel Job or for Process Thought because God is not all-powerful. This does not mean that God does not care. The issue is how to relate this to "friends," who believe in an all-powerful God, and to do so before the tragedy.
Posted by: Loren Fisher at April 25, 2007 9:29 AM
You are correct with regard to the Rebel Job and Process Theology. I have other problems with Process Theology. I've never thought the metaphysics made a lot of sense. It seems to me that there are more parsimonious answers to whatever questions Whitehead was trying to ask. But perhaps the worst problem is that the gods of the philosophers seem to have little relationship to the gods of religion.
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