[Vision2020] God's problem

[Ralph Nielsen]

RALPH NIELSEN

Here goes the old librarian again. Yesterday on NPR Fresh Air there
was an interview with Bart Ehrman about his latest book "God's
Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question."

It deals with the age-old problem of theodicy: why is there
suffering in the world?

The web site is

<www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19096131>

Or go to <www.NPR.org>, then to the "Top emailed stories," and click on
Bart Ehrman. You can download the interview or listen to it there.

We religious skeptics ought to know about this problem ourselves. We
can't leave it to God, can we?

I found myself almost completely agreeing with him. I certainly agree
with him that Ecclesiastes is one of the best books in the Bible.

Good listening and good reading.