"We don't have to say that the idea of God is something that we've constructed," he says. "It gives meaning and explanation in the face of the unknown, sense of control and order when life is chaotic" The medical system should support religion because it provides a level of support and hope, she adds.
For the religious believer and the atheist alike, the problem of evil and suffering is troubling. If there is a God, why does he allow so much evil? And if there isn’t a God, how can we say that anything is evil?
In this Forum event from 2014 at Harvard Medical School, Oxford mathematician John Lennox addresses one of the most challenging human questions: where is God in suffering?