The Problem That Breaks Belief
Here’s the problem that ended my belief in God. If God exists, he’s supposed to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good. But terrible things happen to innocent people. Children get cancer. Natural disasters kill thousands. Either God can stop this suffering but chooses not to — which makes him cruel. Or he wants to stop it but can’t — which makes him powerless. Or he doesn’t know it’s happening — which makes him ignorant....