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Classic Replay: Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini

Unbelievable?

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Theodicy and Parental Energies

Theodicy is a way of explaining why there might be suffering why God might allow that because of some some other purpose greater purpose and you know what do you make of this particular? I think there are several problems with it, he says. "It's not clear to me that God has shown he's done something wrong if he also creates our universe" If we think to ourselves God has wronged me by creating a universe like this  I think that's at least a more complicated question than it initially seems," Julian adds.

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