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The Problem of Evil: Why Is There Evil if a Good God Exists? | Prof. Gloria Frost

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God Permits Humans to Suffer

Aquinas: God sometimes permits trials or even some spiritual defects to happen to someone to obtain their salvation. Aquinas points out that oftentimes we can't see the good that is happening for us through our suffering and trials. The goal of God's providence is not to preserve us from earthly troubles and suffering, rather, God's goal is to get us to heaven. Through experiencing one's own weakness, one can grow in humility. Through persecution, one can growing in wisdom.

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