Paint It Black

:Answering a Pulp Protest on Why God is Just & Good Even When He Directly Causes Suffering.   There are those who throw what I like to call “pulp problems” or “pulp protests” out there. These are big, chunky lists of data or objections. Taken altogether, they seem rather overwhelming. Most apologists don’t bother answering…

The Cost of Free Will

: Why God Allows Evil & Suffering It should be noted that this is the first part of my rebuttal of Doubting Thomas’ reply to my comments on his blog [see Will Power Redux « Sirius Knotts & Thoughts for the original exchange]. The reason I address this in two different blogs is because he really…

Will Power Redux

:Why God’s Will is Not Resisted by the Existence of Evil & Suffering This response was originally posted to http://doubtingthomas426.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/will-power/#respond    Question: “The Bible suggests that God is responsible for everything that happens, it’s God’s plan. But when horrible things happen, Satan often will get the blame. So is God then not powerful enough to…