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For those who wrestle with the problem of theodicy, there is not final answer, but there are workable philosophies of life. One is that God allows nature to take its course, meaning that God allows cancer cells to metastasize in good people just as readily as in evil ones. If it were otherwise, there would be no point to being good-everyone would be good to avoid getting sick. Another is that God allows evil people to hurt good ones because God gave human beings freedom of moral choice, without which we would be automatons, not human beings. A fourth way of reconciling God with unjust suffering is to posit that God does not will any suffering, but that God is there when w call out for comfort, for strength, and for peace of knowing that there is a caring God and all is not chaos.Share
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