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The Existential Problem of Evil

Marilyn McCord Adams, “Redemptive Suffering”

20th Century Thinkers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain, The Existential Problem of Evil

Christians believe that God is effectively dealing with the problem of evil through the cross—primarily the cross of Christ and secondarily their own. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus follows the prediction of his own martyrdom (Luke 9:22) with a charge to his disciples: “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself […]

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Hasker, “On Regretting the Evils of This World”

20th Century Thinkers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain, The Existential Problem of Evil

I wish to address what is sometimes termed the “existential” form of the problem of evil—the form in which theism is questioned and/or rejected on the basis of moral protest, indignation and outrage at the evils of this world. In the first section of this chapter I shall ask the reader to participate in a

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