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May 30, 2023

If God is Good, How do we Explain Suffering?

One of the main reasons why people develop an interest in philosophy and religion is because they want to understand the reason, or reasons, why we suffer. A major line of attack directed at people of faith is in relation to the problem of trying to reconcile the existence of a good God with the Continue reading

Theology

Bible, Christianity, faith, God, Islam, Judaism, Philosophy, Quran, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, suffering, theodicy
Oct 19, 2018

Does Suffering Serve a Purpose?

In this post I’ll be giving a snapshot of the life and thought of Anicius Boethius, a figure who lived around the 6th century AD and has been described as the last of the Romans and also the first of the scholastic philosophers. Continue reading

God, Philosophy, Suffering

Ancient Rome, antiquity, Boethius, Christianity, Consolation of Philosophy, faith, history, prison, religion, theodicy, Theology
Jul 12, 2018

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

One of the toughest problems in the study of both philosophy and theology is the so-called ‘problem of evil’ (also referred to as the theodicy problem). The problem can be formulated in a variety of ways, but is normally considered in terms of a specific question: If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why is there Continue reading

Philosophy, Suffering, Theology

Christianity, faith, God, morality, Panentheism, religion, Spirituality, the problem of evil, theodicy, why do we suffer
Feb 12, 2015

Suffering, Death, and the Afterlife

When I was a Christian I had great faith that there would be a place in heaven waiting for me when I died. This faith gave me the confidence to live more freely and fearlessly. There are many things I miss about being a Christian, and this confidence in a blissful afterlife is one of Continue reading

Life After Death, Suffering

Christianity, Consciousness, death, faith, Free Will, God, prayer, suffering, theodicy, Theology, Ultimate Truth
Feb 8, 2015

A response to ‘Stephen Fry on God’

You may have seen a recent video clip that went viral in which Stephen Fry makes some very stark criticisms of God. I have embedded the clip below this article in case you haven’t seen it. In the clip Fry is answering the question of what he would say to God if he came face Continue reading

Reflections, Suffering

Christianity, evil, Free Will, God, omnipresence, Philosophy, Stephen Fry, suffering, theodicy, Theology
Sep 28, 2014

Pray for a Miracle

There is too much suffering in the world. There is the suffering that makes the headlines; conflict in Iraq and Syria or the Ebola virus for instance. Then there is the suffering that we don’t read about in the newspapers; the homeless woman in central London or the young man with cancer. Every day there Continue reading

Christianity, Suffering

death, evil, faith, God, helplessness, pain, Philosophy, prayer, religion, suffering, theodicy, Theology

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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Perfect Chaos

theodicy

If God is Good, How do we Explain Suffering?

Does Suffering Serve a Purpose?

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Suffering, Death, and the Afterlife

A response to ‘Stephen Fry on God’

Pray for a Miracle

About Me

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