Kevin Timpe - Why is There Evil?

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Can God and the enormity of evil both exist? To theists, it’s the problem of evil, which they struggle to resolve. To atheists, it’s the argument from evil, which they wield like a sword. Theists try to absolve God by differentiating ‘God allowing evil’ from ‘God creating evil’. But if God is all-powerful and all-knowing, how could God not have created evil?

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Kevin Timpe currently holds the William H. Jellema Chair in Christian Philosophy at Calvin College. He's been a visiting faculty or scholar at Calvin Theological Seminary, Innsbruck University, Oxford University, and Peking University. He has written or edited ten books and published nearly 50 articles.

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