God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We Suffer

This book really really delves into a lot of the problems I have with God. I would have loved to have read it four years ago.

Basically it elucidates my idea and feeling towards the Christian God. Plus a few interesting knowledge and ideas.

A very good book. Many may not choose to read it settling for the same pat answer that people give concerning God and Suffering ( its a mystery ) Bart does a good job of detailing from old to new what the bible has to say about Suffering, and how some formed ideas that people suffered as a result of sin ( sin being, what people suggest is real ) I would highly recommend people...more

A very good book. Many may not choose to read it settling for the same pat answer that people give concerning God and Suffering ( its a mystery ) Bart does a good job of detailing from old to new what the bible has to say about Suffering, and how some formed ideas that people suffered as a result of sin ( sin being, what people suggest is real ) I would highly recommend people read it, While I dont hold th same conclusion as Bart I do agree with a lot of what is talked about in here. A worth while read   hide

Between 1960 and 1990 there were about 4400 scholarly writings (journals and books) on the “Problem of Suffering" (Plantinga). Fair enough, Ehrman contends that he doesn’t want to scuffle with academia, but he wants to distance himself from the “morally repugnant” intellectual abstractions and present a work that the proletariat can understand. Although I like...more

Between 1960 and 1990 there were about 4400 scholarly writings (journals and books) on the “Problem of Suffering" (Plantinga). Fair enough, Ehrman contends that he doesn’t want to scuffle with academia, but he wants to distance himself from the “morally repugnant” intellectual abstractions and present a work that the proletariat can understand. Although I like reading Ehrman – even though I disagree with many of his conclusions – I believe it is a fair criticism to claim that he nuances his writings in such ways that intend to captivate certain readers, however, such shadings are obvious to anyone who has contended with "theodicy." To me, this book comes across as if Ehrman believes that people, i.e. thinking people, have never thought of these issues. His vivid descriptions of the Holocaust, for instance, though chronicled by Holocaust historians, have engaged the imagination of most people, yet all we have here is Ivan Karamazov 2.0. Clearly Marcionite and cathartic.    hide