<DIV>Why does mankind always blame God for the suffering they cause?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Every bit of suffering by humans is caused by humans, without exception. God does not prevent humans from causing other humans from suffering because he gave us freewill. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">RALPH NIELSEN<BR><BR>Here goes the old librarian again. Yesterday on NPR Fresh Air there<BR>was an interview with Bart Ehrman about his latest book "God's<BR>Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question."<BR><BR>It deals with the age-old problem of theodicy: why is there<BR>suffering in the world?<BR><BR>The web site is<BR><BR><WWW.NPR.ORG story.php?storyId="19096131" story templates><BR><BR>Or go to <WWW.NPR.ORG>, then to the
"Top emailed stories," and click on<BR>Bart Ehrman. You can download the interview or listen to it there.<BR><BR>We religious skeptics ought to know about this problem ourselves. We<BR>can't leave it to God, can we?<BR><BR>I found myself almost completely agreeing with him. I certainly agree<BR>with him that Ecclesiastes is one of the best books in the Bible.<BR><BR>Good listening and good reading.<BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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