Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose- to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.
- Francis Schaeffer
All Thoughts
November 27, 2025 | 960 words - When I wrote about the "coercion problem" with the argument from suffering, I made reference to the concept of virtue ethics. To recap: in discussions about God’s justice, we often make the mistake of assuming that suffering per se is unjust; however, if we approach the discussion from a standpoint...
November 7, 2025 | 969 words - I have previously explored two limits which can be placed on the argument from suffering: the problems of counterfactuals and of coercion. In keeping with the ‘C’ theme, I would like to explore a third, which I term the ‘comprehension problem’. I have alluded to this problem in my writing...
November 1, 2025 | 1,132 words - In my last post I examined what I see as the ‘counterfactual problem’ with the argument from suffering: that in order to succeed as an argument against the existence of God, it requires access to knowledge we cannot possibly have, and that any hypothetical example of gratuitous suffering can be...
October 25, 2025 | 924 words - “If a good God exists, why do people suffer?” This is a fair question; it is perhaps the most common objection raised against the classical notion of God. For some people I have met, it is all they need; it seems to serve as the final word on the subject. God...