The Problem of Evil

“I should say that nine in every ten of the people who describe themselves as atheists ought really to be described, more accurately, as pessimists. They have not examined the proofs for the existence of God, and found them wanting. They have simply looked round on the world, with all its tragedies, its miseries, its inequalities, and asked themselves how such an organization of the world can possibly be consistent with the rule of an all-powerful and beneficent Providence. They have found no means of reconciling that apparent inconsistency; and they have proceeded from that to infer that there is no God.”

~Ronald Knox

“How do we get God off the hook for allowing evil? God is not off the hook; God is the hook. That’s the point of a crucifix. The Cross is God’s part of the practical solution to evil. Our part, according to the same Gospel, is to repent, to believe, and to work with God in fighting evil by the power of love.”

~Peter Kreeft