If God is Good

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If God is Good and God is Great Then What
About All This Evil?
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Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot or
he can, but does not want to or he cannot and
does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot,
he is impotent. If he can, and does not want
to, he is wicked. But, if God both can and wants
to abolish evil, then how comes evil in the
world? Epicurus, philosopher 341 to 270 BC
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If there is no God, why is there so much good?
If there is a God, why is there so much
evil? St Augustine, 354 430 AD
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A loving God could not possibly be the author
of the horrors we have been describing horrors
that continue every day, have continued since
time began, and will continue as long as life
exists. It is an inconceivable tale of suffering
and death, and because the tale is fact is, in
truth, the history of the world it is obvious
that there cannot be a loving God. Charles
Templeton, Farewell to God, p 202
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1. THE CONTEXT OF SUFFERING
LOVE
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2. THE ESSENTIAL FOR LOVE
FREEDOM
And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free
to eat from any tree in the garden but you must
not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, for when you eat of it you will
certainly die." Genesis 216 - 17
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1. THE CONTEXT OF SUFFERING
LOVE
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2. THE ESSENTIAL FOR LOVE
FREEDOM
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3. THE CONSEQUENCE OF FREEDOM
SIN
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4. THE EFFECT OF SIN
SUFFERING
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That's what Christ did definitively suffered
because of others' sins, the Righteous One for
the unrighteous ones. He went through it allwas
put to death and then made aliveto bring us to
God. 1 Peter 318 The Message
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