Monday, December 29, 2008

Does "Free Will" Really Explain The Relationship Between God and Evil?

"After reading some neat theodicies (z: how God can be good in light of profound evil) that stress, say, that all suffering is the direct result of sin, or that free will understood as absolute power to contrary nicely exculpates God, I wonder if these authors think Job or Habakkuk (z: they wrestled with God's goodness in light of profound evil) were twits. Surely they should have seen that there is no mystery to be explained, and simple gone home and enjoyed a good night's sleep."
- D.A. Carson, How Long O Lord?, p. 200

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