Why do you think evil is God’s fault?
Give me a minute to ask questions in response.
When unbelieving students confronted me with questions concerning the problem of evil in my days at public university, I asked them if humans bore any responsibility for evil. I said,
“Have you considered your own belief in a God-less origin of evil? Have you critiqued your own atheistic perspective?”
When confronted by similar questions from colleagues in the same setting, I would ask,
“If you are willing to blame God (a God you do not believe in) for evil, then will you also praise this same God for any good done in the world?”
When their response focused on the good of humanism, I responded,
“If you are going to claim what is good from humanity, shouldn’t you also claim the bad of humanity? Why involve God at all?”
These are questions worth asking.
Thanks for spending this minute with me, Dr. Mark Eckel.
Mark Eckel (MA English, ThM Old Testament, PhD Social Science Research) is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration, Liberty University.
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