Looking for a Better World: Solving the Problem of Evil

by Dr. Spence Wieman

Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? At its heart, this is the only reason to deny God and not believe. The evidence is on God's side. The probabilities are all on God's side. However, inside our minds we have a sense of justice, and this world, far too often, doesn't seem to be fair. An all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God would do a better job at taking care of His kids. What possible excuse could God have for suffering? What if there was a good reason? Would you believe? In "Looking for a Better World", Dr. Spence Wieman unites the world views of science and religion to draw a straight line, a world-line, between pain and salvation. To be free we must have choice; to become brave we must have threats; to learn we must be taught. “Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?” (John Keats) Look at your own life. You can understand why each event, each victory, each failure came to pass. Its impossible to try and see into someone else's world. The pain in our lives directs our path toward God and guides us home.

143 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 18, 2020