Tag Archives: Problem of Evil

Our Own Problem of Evil, and God’s Solution

During our last discussion on the problem of evil, David Ellis wrote this about the Cross of Christ: There’s nothing wonderful about a man being tortured to death. Its noble that one is willing to do that. But its simply masochistic to act it out when there’s no good reason to have done so in …

May 27, 2009 – 7:18 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged | Comments (56)

A Conversation On the Problem of Evil

A couple of weeks ago I got an email with an extended question on the problem of evil. The sender and I worked it through some over email, and then I asked if I could move it here to the blog, to which he said yes. The conversation so far is presented here with the …

May 21, 2009 – 8:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, The Faith | Tagged | Comments (147)

“Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion” Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Darwin's Gift?

Book Review In his book Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, Francisco Ayala suggests that evolution supplies the answer to a serious theological conundrum. I alluded to this in my first post on this book: Things that Seem Wrong About the World: When I was studying theology in Salamanca Darwin was a much-welcomed friend. The …

May 13, 2008 – 10:43 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , | Comments (13)