I’ve always found Thomas Merton’s analysis in The Seven...
by FL_Irish (2018-08-15 11:30:59)
Edited on 2018-08-15 11:31:38

In reply to: Any comforting reads on the problem of evil?  posted by mitquinn

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...Storey Mountain comforting. Basically, the existence of evil/bad things doesn’t disprove the existence of God, it proves it. How else but through God’s grace do you explain the fact that we haven’t torn ourselves and each other completely to shreds. In the face of all the vicious ugliness throughout history there are still men and women who love, hope, become saints, etc.

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